Who S Afraid Of The Welfare State Now

Author : Anton Hemerijck,Professor of Political Science and Sociology Anton Hemerijck,Manos Matsaganis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0198875460

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Who's Afraid of the Welfare State Now? by Anton Hemerijck,Professor of Political Science and Sociology Anton Hemerijck,Manos Matsaganis Pdf

This book primarily explores the welfare-policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade, with a final chapter that focuses on Covid-19 welfare management. The 2008 crash marked a critical stress test for European welfare states with dramatic repercussions, including a massive surge in unemployment, a widening in wage and income disparities, and rising poverty. Hikes in fiscal deficits and public debt, required to pre-empt an economic meltdown, forced policymakers to make painful cuts in welfare services to shore up public finances, thereby jeopardizing welfare support for vulnerable groups. The overall scope of welfare-policy responses is heterogeneous, disparate, and uneven. In some cases, the response to the Great Recession was accompanied by deep social conflicts, while in others unpopular crisis-management measures received broad consent from opposition parties, trade unions, and employer organizations. Alongside serious retrenchments, there have been assertive attempts to rebuild social programmes and institutions, to accommodate policy repertoires-not merely domestically but also at the EU level-to the new realities of the knowledge economy and an ageing society. Overall, the long 2010s showed that the future of work and welfare is in our hands: it is perfectly possible to shape this future in such a way as to provide inclusive social security, achieve high employment, advance and maintain human capabilities across the life-course, and fight poverty and inequality.

Author : Anton Hemerijck,Manos Matsaganis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198875482

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Who's Afraid of the Welfare State Now? by Anton Hemerijck,Manos Matsaganis Pdf

This book primarily explores the welfare-policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade, with a final chapter that focuses on Covid-19 welfare management. The 2008 crash marked a critical stress test for European welfare states with dramatic repercussions, including a massive surge in unemployment, a widening in wage and income disparities, and rising poverty. Hikes in fiscal deficits and public debt, required to pre-empt an economic meltdown, forced policymakers to make painful cuts in welfare services to shore up public finances, thereby jeopardizing welfare support for vulnerable groups. The overall scope of welfare-policy responses is heterogeneous, disparate, and uneven. In some cases, the response to the Great Recession was accompanied by deep social conflicts, while in others unpopular crisis-management measures received broad consent from opposition parties, trade unions, and employer organizations. Alongside serious retrenchments, there have been assertive attempts to rebuild social programmes and institutions, to accommodate policy repertoires-not merely domestically but also at the EU level-to the new realities of the knowledge economy and an ageing society. Overall, the long 2010s showed that the future of work and welfare is in our hands: it is perfectly possible to shape this future in such a way as to provide inclusive social security, achieve high employment, advance and maintain human capabilities across the life-course, and fight poverty and inequality.

Author : Bent Greve,Amílcar Moreira,Minna van Gerven
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781035306497

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Handbook on the Political Economy of Social Policy by Bent Greve,Amílcar Moreira,Minna van Gerven Pdf

Research in social policy has been greatly influenced by the emergence of modern political economy in the late 1970s. The Handbook on the Political Economy of Social Policy offers a systematic, yet comprehensive, framework for understanding how concepts, theoretical standpoints and methodological approaches stemming from political economy have been applied to the study of social policies, and models of welfare provision. The authors also signpost current developments and discuss their likely impact on future research.

Author : Johannes Karremans
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192886583

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Between Voters and Eurocrats by Johannes Karremans Pdf

Karremans investigates the concern that financial considerations are more important than people's demands through the comparative study of five countries - Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain - and explores how governments maintain a balance between institutional responsibility and democratic responsiveness.

Author : China Development Research Foundation
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136828102

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Constructing a Social Welfare System for All in China by China Development Research Foundation Pdf

China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications therefore provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop. This book sets out the general objectives, principles and framework of a proposed new social welfare system for China, putting forward relevant policy recommendations. It provides a comprehensive overview of China’s current welfare services, including retirement pensions, education, health, employment, housing and social security payments, and goes on to cost the proposed new social welfare system and assess the government’s capacity for implementing it. It shows how the new system will, within an integrated framework, provide comprehensive welfare for all, including rural and urban citizens, migrant workers and disadvantaged groups such as rural and urban poor. It also shows how the new system will aim to balance economic and social development whilst maintaining China’s high economic growth rate, increasing domestic demand and promoting economic restructuring.

Author : New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : SRLF:A0001745603

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Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives by New Zealand. Parliament Pdf

Author : Frances Fox Piven
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781595587541

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Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven? by Frances Fox Piven Pdf

The sociologist and political scientist Frances Fox Piven and her late husband Richard Cloward have been famously credited by Glenn Beck with devising the “Cloward/Piven Strategy,” a world view responsible, according to Beck, for everything from creating a “culture of poverty” and fomenting “violent revolution” to causing global warming and the recent financial crisis. Called an “enemy of the people,” over the past year Piven has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign of hatred and disinformation, spearheaded by Beck. How is it that a distinguished university professor, past president of the American Sociological Association, and recipient of numerous awards and accolades for her work on behalf of the poor and for American voting rights, has attracted so much negative attention? For anyone who is skeptical of the World According to Beck, here is a guide to the ideas that Glenn fears most. Who’s Afraid of Frances Fox Piven? is a concise, accessible introduction to Piven’s actual thinking (versus Beck’s outrageous claims), from her early work on welfare rights and “poor people’s movements,” written with her late husband Richard Cloward, through her influential examination of American voting habits, and her most recent work on the possibilities for a new movement for progressive reform. A major corrective to right-wing bombast, this essential book is also a rich source of ideas and inspiration for anyone interested in progressive change.

Author : Sirvan Karimi
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487500412

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Beyond the Welfare State by Sirvan Karimi Pdf

In Beyond the Welfare State, Sirvan Karimi utilizes a synthesis of Marxian class analysis and the power resources model to provide an analytical foundation for the divergent pattern of public pension systems in Canada and Australia.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1460 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116494113

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Hiroto Tsukada
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351800747

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Economic Globalization and the Citizens' Welfare State by Hiroto Tsukada Pdf

This title was first published in 2001: Examining the future of the welfare state in four globalizing economies - Sweden, UK, Japan and US - this book presents a detailed analysis of the ways in which social and economic aspects of these welfare states have altered under growing market-first ideology and economic globalization. The book will be essential reading for all those interested in the present and future of the welfare state, both through its theoretical perspectives and because of the thorough attention paid to the health of society today.

Author : Kettunen, Pauli,Pellander, Saara,Tervonen, Miika
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788976589

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Nationalism and Democracy in the Welfare State by Kettunen, Pauli,Pellander, Saara,Tervonen, Miika Pdf

This multidisciplinary book unpacks and outlines the contested roles of nationalism and democracy in the formation and transformation of welfare-state institutions and ideologies. At a time when neo-liberal, post-national and nationalist visions alike have challenged democratic welfare nationalism, the book offers a transnational historical perspective to the political dynamics of current changes. While particularly focusing on Nordic countries, often seen as the quintessential ‘models’ of the welfare state, the book collectively sheds light on the ‘history of the present’ of nation states bearing the character of a welfare state.

Author : Josefina Figueira-McDonough
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761930248

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The Welfare State and Social Work by Josefina Figueira-McDonough Pdf

Presents an assessment of the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenced social work policy and practice in the United States.

Author : Roger A. Freeman
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : 0817974938

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The Wayward Welfare State by Roger A. Freeman Pdf

Enl. and updated ed. of: The growth of American government. 1975. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author : Nick Hubble,Jennie Taylor,Philip Tew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350033122

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Growing Old with the Welfare State by Nick Hubble,Jennie Taylor,Philip Tew Pdf

The combined effect of the welfare state and medical advances means that more people now live longer lives than ever before in history. As a consequence, the experience of ageing has been transformed. Yet our cultural and social perceptions of ageing remain governed by increasingly dated images and narratives. Growing Old with the Welfare State challenges these stereotypes by bringing together eight previously unpublished stories of ordinary British people born between 1925 and 1945 to show contemporary ageing in a new light. These biographical narratives, six of which were written as part of the Mass Observation Project, reflect on and compare the experience of living in two post-war periods of social change, after the first and second world wars. In doing so, these stories, along with their accompanying contextual chapters, provide a valuable and accessible resource for social historians, and expose both historical and contemporary views of age and ageing that challenge modern assumptions.

Author : R. J. Rushdoony
Publisher : Chalcedon Foundation
Page : 1218 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781879998834

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Faith and Action by R. J. Rushdoony Pdf

Faith and Action is the complete collection of the essays of R. J. Rushdoony written for the Chalcedon Report between 1965 and 2001 along with several transcripts of his recorded talks. The large volume The Roots of Reconstruction only contained his Chalcedon Report essays up until 1985, so most of the essays included in Faith & Action were unavailable to readers for many years until now. In order to make the author’s knowledge more accessible, this three-volume collection features some of the most extensive indexing we’ve ever done including a General Index, a History Index, a Scripture Index, a Works Cited Index, and a Chalcedon Report Directory. A total of 183 pages of indexing! This handsome set of books is a must have for any serious library. The central theme of this collection of essays is Christian Reconstruction, which to Rushdoony meant the responsibility of Christian citizenship in the Kingdom of God. For him, his central drive behind his research and writing was to move men to faith and action. Rushdoony was primarily an essayist who vigorously and prolifically wrote on a multiplicity of subjects, issues, and dis­ciplines. Despite his being critical of both the contemporary church for its compro­mise and the humanistic state for its will to be as God, these essays are replete with Rushdoony’s undying faith in the victory of God in history. Rushdoony’s “big idea” was Christian Reconstruction which centered not on a pursuit of political power but rather an equipping of Christians to take back government by means of self-government in terms of God’s law. This three-volume collection will no doubt serve the larger church for many generations as they seek first the Kingdom of God in their spheres, and in their times.