European welfare states and globalization : strategies in an era of economic restructuring /: strategies in an era of economic restructuring. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ali Hajighasemi (Associate Professor in Sociology and Social Policy, Södertörn University, Sweden).
• Authors: Hajighasemi, Ali
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: Introduction -- 1: 'Social investment policy' challenged in 'The age of austerity' -- 2: The impacts of the welfare system on a competitive market economy -- 3: The social dimension of the European Union: steady march forward -- 4: The five different types of European welfare model -- 5: The effects of different welfare models -- 6: Poland: integration into the market economy and dismantling of social protections -- 7: Germany: how the 'sick man of Europe' became an 'economic superstar'? -- 8: Italy: a welfare state for the established, and the constant exclusion of outsiders -- 9: Denmark: Danish flexicurity to combat chronic unemployment -- 10. Trends in fertility and EU initiatives -- 11: The gender equality strategies of the social models -- 12: Gender policy in the largest economy and in the most gender-equal -- 13: Conclusions: towards greater coordination of European welfare states -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 361.6/5094; Welfare state -- Europe; Globalization -- Europe; Financial crises -- Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789905564; 1789905567
• Related ISBNs: 1789905559; 9781789905557
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 04, 2019).
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