Welfare States in a Turbulent Era

Edited by Bent Greve, Professor in Social Science, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark

• Contents:Preface xii1 Welfare states in turbulent times 1Bent Greve2 Demography – once again and still challenging the welfare states 10Cristiano Gori and Matteo Luppi3 Self-employment and technology: different models oflabor relations 28Ferry Koster4 The perceived dilemma between debt reduction and a fairsociety: saving for a rainy day without increasing poverty? 48Jakub Sowula and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser5 The evolution of welfare attitudes in Europe over the pastfour decades 71Gianna Maria Eick6 Climate change and its effect on welfare states 84Ian Greener7 Keynesian economics steering is back – end of liberaleconomic policy? 98Mogens Ove Madsen8 The welfare state and handling health challenges 112Caroline Rudisill9 Welfare states, growth regimes, and the emergence of theknowledge economy: social policy in turbulent times 127Julian L. Garritzmann and Bruno Palier10 Allies or enemies of the welfare state? Welfare supportand critiques from (left-wing) protesters in Europe 142Femke Roosma11 Conflicting demands and financial abilities? 167Bent Greve12 Effective and fair labour markets: more and focused activelabour market policy? 180Henri Haapanala13 Mass migration due to climate change? A critique of thesecurity focus on climate mobilities 195Meltem Yilmaz Sener14 The welfare state in turbulent times: a perspective fromthe United States 210Alex Waddan15 The way welfare states can develop in turbulent times 225Bent GreveIndex

‘With chapters offering essential insights into a wide range of cross-cutting challenges currently facing welfare states, Welfare States in a Turbulent Era will help students and scholars make sense of the complexities of social policy making in the wake of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic.’