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Europe's new state of welfare: Unemployment, employment policies and citizenship
J Rge Goul Andersen
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It is often argued that European welfare states, with regulated labour markets, relatively generous social protection and relatively high wage equality, have become counter-productive in a globalised and knowledge-intensive economy. Using in-depth, comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of employment, welfare and citizenship in a number of European countries, this book challenges this view. It provides: an overview of employment and unemployment in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century; a comprehensive critique of the idea of globalisation as a challenge to European welfare states; detailed country chapters with new and previously inaccessible information about employment ... Read more
It is often argued that European welfare states, with regulated labour markets, relatively generous social protection and relatively high wage equality, have become counter-productive in a globalised and knowledge-intensive economy. Using in-depth, comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of employment, welfare and citizenship in a number of European countries, this book challenges this view. It provides: an overview of employment and unemployment in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century; a comprehensive critique of the idea of globalisation as a challenge to European welfare states; detailed country chapters with new and previously inaccessible information about employment ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861344373
SKU
V9781861344373
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About J Rge Goul Andersen
Jørgen Goul Andersen is Professor of Political Sociology at the Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. Jochen Clasen is Professor of Comparative Social Research at the Centre for Comparative Research in Social Welfare, University of Stirling, UK. Wim van Oorschot is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, the Netherlands. ... Read more
Reviews for Europe's new state of welfare: Unemployment, employment policies and citizenship
"... a valuable examination of unemployment and employment across the European continent." Journal of European Affairs "... provides a useful and timely critique of employment and unemployment policies in a wide range of European countries. The editors are to be commended for including countries not normally covered in comparative policy texts." Bruce Stafford, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Department ... Read more