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Making a European Welfare State?: Convergences and Conflicts Over European Social Policy

Peter Taylor-Gooby (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2116-3
Paperback
172 pages
July 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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This volume provides an up-to-date account of developments in Europe across a range of policy fields, from labour markets to disability and poverty to health care.

  • An up-to-date account of a rapidly changing field.

  • Covers developments across a range of policy fields, from labour markets to disability and poverty to health care.

  • Situates debates about welfare convergence and divergence in a theoretical context.

  • Draws on sociological, social policy, political science and economic theoretical perspectives.

  • Written by acknowledged experts in the field.

  • Uses case studies of particular policy areas and regional developments.

  • Includes work on Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as on France and Germany.