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1 online resource (264 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendices; 1. Introduction; 2. Welfare state reform and restructuring; 3. Motives, means, and opportunities: analytical perspectives; 4. Supporting unemployed people: income protection and activation; 5. Retirement pensions; 6. Family policy: charting new waters; 7. Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Welfare state reform has been a focus of domestic policy making in many European countries in recent years. Representing almost a third of the EU population and two distinctive models of European welfare states, this book compares development in British and German social policy over the past 25 years. During this time four periods of conservative governments were followed by centre-left administrations in both countries. Moreover, the respective economic and social positions of thetwo countries have been reversed. Adverse socio-economic developments have contributed to the waning of the erstwh. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Welfare state -- Germany.
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Welfare state. |
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Germany. |
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Welfare state -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
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Germany -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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Great Britain -- Social policy -- 1979-
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| Chronological Term |
1979- |
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Since 1979 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clasen, Jochen. Reforming European Welfare States : Germany and the United Kingdom Compared. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2005 9780199270712 |
| ISBN |
9780191533730 (electronic book) |
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0191533734 (electronic book) |
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