Globalisation, Integration and the Future of the European Welfare State - Rilegato

Gizelis, Theodora-ismene

 
9780719081101: Globalisation, Integration and the Future of the European Welfare State
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 0719081106 ISBN 13: 9780719081101
Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2010

Sinossi

This book argues that the welfare state cannot be understood purely as a set of social policy arrangements, but must be seen as a political institution, intended to achieve certain political objectives.

The political dimension of the welfare state is essential for understanding its initial emergence as well as assessing its ability to deal with contemporary challenges. Governments use welfare transfers to decrease the risk of political instability that may be politically disruptive and threaten to undermine social cohesion. The success of welfare institutions stems from their ability to foster a redistribution of resources and political consensus that has enabled long-term political stability and economic development.

The book develops a general model that looks at the interactive effects between welfare transfers, political instability and state capacity. It provides a unique theoretical contribution to the study of welfare spending in the context of globalisation and integration, analyses the key politial rationale for welfare programmes, namely their role in preserving social cohesion and governance and demonstrates clearly that welfare policies can be successfully adopted to meet new challenges and that retrenchment of the welfare state is not inevitable, using Scandinavia as a leading example of modern thinking policies.

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Informazioni sugli autori


Theodora-Ismene Giselis is Lecturer at the Department of Government, Essex University and Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).


Theodora-Ismene Giselis is Lecturer at the Department of Government, Essex University and Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).

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Editore
Manchester Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2010
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0719081106
ISBN 13 
9780719081101
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
173
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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