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Captialists Against Markets challenges the conventional wisdom that welfare st...Captialists Against Markets challenges the conventional wisdom that welfare state builders took their cues from labor and other progressive interests. Instead Peter Swenson argues pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but...more
Captialists Against Markets challenges the conventional wisdom that welfare st...Captialists Against Markets challenges the conventional wisdom that welfare state builders took their cues from labor and other progressive interests. Instead Peter Swenson argues pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but...more
Conventional wisdom argues that welfarestate builders in the US and Sweden in...Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but...more
Conventional wisdom argues that welfarestate builders in the US and Sweden in...Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but...more
Why do some labor movements successfully defend the welfarestate even under t...Why do some labor movements successfully defend the welfare state even under the pressures of neo-liberal market reform? Why do some unions (and their allied parties and civic associations) succeed in building more universal and comprehensive social...more
How can employment policies support young people entering the labour market? A...How can employment policies support young people entering the labour market? Alban Knecht analyses the changes in political discourses and social-political measures with regards to employment promotion for disadvantaged young people in Austria....more
The Impact of Losing Your Job builds on findings from life course sociology to...The Impact of Losing Your Job builds on findings from life course sociology to show clearly just what effects job loss has on income family life and future prospects.more
The welfarestate is being subjected to fundamental re-appraisal. It is now co...The welfare state is being subjected to fundamental re-appraisal. It is now commonly argued that modern Western societies require a new moral economy in which responsibility for welfare and social care is shifted from the state to the family and...more
This book provides an extensive and comparative account of all welfare reforms...This book provides an extensive and comparative account of all welfare reforms that occurred during the last three decades in Continental European countries. It reveals unexpected important structural reforms to be understood as the culmination of a...more
This book asks why different nations have taken different tacks in handling-or...This book asks why different nations have taken different tacks in handling-or not handling-the increasing gap between the regularly employed and those who have nonstandard irregular work or are unemployed.more
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What has happened to welfare states? Are we witnessing the end of welfare the ...What has happened to welfare states? Are we witnessing the end of welfare the survival of the welfare state or welfare states in transition? Changing Welfare Changing States invites us to think differently about the remaking of the relationships...more