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OverviewThe welfare state is still very much central in people’s everyday lives. The welfare state is at the same time contested and debated, and has often been argued to be in a crisis not only in the wake of the financial crisis. Welfare and welfare states used to be a national issue and prerogative. Today welfare and welfare states are influenced by national as well as regional and global decisions. However, nation states play a decisive role influenced by national preferences and ideas, and, in recent years, populism and welfare chauvinism. This book provides an overview of the central concepts through the lenses of the state, market and civil society. It also provides the reader with knowledge on distribution in societies and how this interacts and influences different groups and their position in society. There are also chapters dealing specifically with central sectors in the welfare states such as health, long-term care and education. The book uses a comparative approach as this better enables one to understand one’s own country's welfare, as well as helping to underline and see the linkages to the impact of global and regional issues on welfare states and their development. Finally, the book presents challenges and future perspectives for welfare states and their development. The book’s focus on core concepts and the variety of international welfare state regimes and mechanisms for delivering social policy provides a much-needed introduction to the rapidly changing concept of welfare for students on social policy, social studies, sociology and politics courses. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bent GrevePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: 2nd edition Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780367356996ISBN 10: 0367356996 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 16 December 2019 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Adult education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of figures List of tables List of boxes Foreword PART I Central concepts 1 Introduction 1.1 What are the central issues? 1.2 Overview of the book References 2 What is welfare? Some basic concepts 2.1 Introduction 2.2 What is welfare? 2.3 Some basic principles, concepts and policies 2.4 State, market and civil society 2.5 Quality of life – new ways of measuring well-being 2.6 Balancing perspectives of equity and efficiency 2.7 Summing up Notes References 3 Welfare states and welfare regimes 3.1 Introduction 3.2 What is the welfare state? 3.3 Historical development 3.4 What are welfare regimes? 3.5 Welfare regimes and welfare typologies 3.6 Possible drivers for change 3.7 Emergent welfare regimes 3.8 Social investment and other perspectives 3.9 Summing up Notes References PART II State, market and civil society 4 The state 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Public, fiscal and occupational welfare 4.3 The level and composition of state welfare in different types of welfare regimes 4.4 Fiscal and occupational welfare and their impact 4.5 Choice and equality/inequality 4.6 Summing up Notes References 5 Financing the public sector 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Principles of how to finance the public sector 5.3 Regional and global economic development and sustainable financing 5.4 Impact of demography on financing the welfare state 5.5 Summing-up References 6 The role of the market 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Market and government failure 6.3 The financial market – a case history 6.4 Marketisation of welfare provision 6.5 Summing-up Note References 7 The labour market: employment and unemployment 7.1 Introduction 7.2 What is the labour market? 7.3 Consequences of being or not being in the labourmarket 7.4 Active labour market policy – stick or carrot? 7.5 Changes in industrial relations 7.6 Labour market regimes – new structuring of societies 7.7 Global and regional impact – free movement of workers 7.8 Fourth industrial revolution – consequence for thelabour market 7.9 Summing up Note References 8 Civil society 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The welfare mix 8.3 Work-family balance 8.4 Social capital 8.5 Summing up References PART IIIEquality and specific groups’ positions in the welfare states 9 Poverty, equality and inequality 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Theoretical understandings of equality and inequality 9.3 Measuring equality/inequality 9.4 The welfare state and equality 9.5 Summing-up References 10 Different groups’ positions in welfare states 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Gender inequality 10.3 People with disabilities 10.4 Age discrimination 10.5 Race and ethnicity 10.6 Exclusion/inclusion and policies to combat exclusion 10.7 Social inheritance – or the risk of reinforcing outcomegenerations after generations 10.8 Summing up References PART IV Core social policy areas 11 Health care 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Central principles for health care systems 11.3 Inequality and health care 11.4 Cost pressure and the ability to finance health care 11.5 Summing up References 12 Long-term care 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Why public involvement? 12.3 The demographic pressure 12.4 The variation in systems – an example of interactionstate, market and civil society 12.5 Consequences for the work-family life balance 12.6 Summing-up Note References 13 Pensions – important in old age 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Principles of pension systems 13.3 Changes in pension system 13.4 The expected long-term development 13.5 Summing up Notes References PART V New ways and international perspectives 14 New ways of steering the welfare state 14.1 Introduction 14.2 What is governance in welfare states? 14.3 Decentralisation, devolution – the changed roleof the actors – and possible consequences 14.4 Evidence and evaluation as steering instruments 14.5 New ways of steering individuals 14.6 Welfare technology and social innovation 14.7 Summing up References 15 The role of the EU and other international organisations in the development of welfare states 15.1 Introduction 15.2 The role of the EU in relation to welfare state policies 15.3 Convergence or divergence in the development ofEuropean welfare states 15.4 Impact of Europeanisation and globalisation onthe welfare state 15.5 Other international organisations 15.6 Summing up References 16 Is there a future for the welfare state? 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Welfare chauvinistic challenges 16.3 European and global challenges 16.4 Future legitimacy of the welfare state 16.5 Basic income a solution? 16.6 Summing-up – the future Note References Glossary IndexReviewsAuthor InformationBent Greve is Professor of Welfare State Analysis in the Department of Society and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark. He has published widely on different topics surrounding the welfare state, including technology and the labour market, happiness and social policy, labour market policy, and most recently on populism and the welfare state. He is editor of Social Policy and Administration. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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