Welfare State and Life Transitions

A European Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

AvDominique Anxo,Gerhard Bosch,Jill Rubery

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The Welfare State and Life Transitions uses the lens of key life stages to highlight changes in these transitions and in available resources for citizen support within nine European welfare states.This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some life stages. For the remainder, policies were at best limited or, in Italy’s case, passive. The contributors reveal that the neglect of changing needs is leading to greater reliance on the family and the labour market, just as these support structures are becoming more unpredictable and more unequal. They argue that alongside these new class inequalities, new forms of inter-generational inequality are also emerging, particularly in pension provision.This topical book will strongly appeal to academics and students interested in social policy, gender equality policy, pensions, industrial relations, labour economics, political science, and comparative welfare systems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-08-31
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781847207807

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Contents:1. Shaping the Life Course: A European PerspectiveDominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch and Jill Rubery2. The UK Welfare State: More than Residual but Still InsufficientJill Rubery3. Towards an Active and Integrated Life Course Policy: The Swedish ExperienceDominique Anxo4. From the Breadwinner Model to ‘Bricolage’: Germany in Search of a New Life Course ModelGerhard Bosch and Andreas Jansen5. Transitions in Female and Male Life Course: Changes and Continuities in AustriaIngrid Mairhuber6. Life Course Transitions in Hungary Before and After the Societal TransformationZsolt Spéder, Balázs Kapitány and László Neumann7. From Selective Exclusion Towards Activation: A Life Course Perspective on the French Social ModelChristine Erhel, Léa Lima and Chantal Nicole-Drancourt8. ‘La Grande Illusion’: How Italy’s ‘American Dream’ Turned SourAnnamaria Simonazzi and Paola Villa9. Life Stage Transitions and the Still-Critical Role of the Family in GreeceMaria Karamessini10. The Uncertain Path from the Mediterranean Welfare Model in SpainFausto Miguélez and Albert RecioIndex