The Transformation of Welfare States?
This accessible work provides a ‘political sociology’ of welfare states in industrial societies, with both historical and contemporary perspectives. Ellison focuses on the social and political underpinnings of a number of welfare regimes and looks at the transformations they have undergone and the c...
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| description | This accessible work provides a ‘political sociology’ of welfare states in industrial societies, with both historical and contemporary perspectives. Ellison focuses on the social and political underpinnings of a number of welfare regimes and looks at the transformations they have undergone and the challenges they face. This book assesses current debates about the role of ‘globalization’ in welfare state change, paying particular attention to contemporary views about the capacity of embedded institutional structures to limit the effects of global economic pressures. Ellison assesses the changing nature of social policies in nine OECD countries – selected to include ‘liberal, ‘social democratic’ and ‘continental’ welfare regimes. Taking labour market and pension policies as the main areas of investigation, this volume provides ‘snapshots’ of welfare reform in each case, charting the ways in which different regimes ‘manage’ the range of challenges with which they are confronted. Ultimately, the book suggests that all contemporary welfare regimes are experiencing a level of ‘neoliberal drift’. As yet, this trend towards liberalization remains constrained in those countries with more ‘coordinated’ economies and institutionalized forms of social partnership – but the question is for how long? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of International Politics, Sociology and Social Policy. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1604872025-05-27T06:52:22Z The Transformation of Welfare States? Ellison, Nick Labour Market Policies regime Welfare Reform continental Welfare Regimes regimes PAYG System labour Vice Versa market Select OECD Country policies Active Labour Market Policies flexibility Welfare Regime Change occupational Occupational Schemes schemes Pensions Systems social Pension Provision Occupational Pensions GEP Hard Currency Policy EES Pensions Arrangements Tfr Long Term Unemployed Neoliberal Drift FDI Flow thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology This accessible work provides a ‘political sociology’ of welfare states in industrial societies, with both historical and contemporary perspectives. Ellison focuses on the social and political underpinnings of a number of welfare regimes and looks at the transformations they have undergone and the challenges they face. This book assesses current debates about the role of ‘globalization’ in welfare state change, paying particular attention to contemporary views about the capacity of embedded institutional structures to limit the effects of global economic pressures. Ellison assesses the changing nature of social policies in nine OECD countries – selected to include ‘liberal, ‘social democratic’ and ‘continental’ welfare regimes. Taking labour market and pension policies as the main areas of investigation, this volume provides ‘snapshots’ of welfare reform in each case, charting the ways in which different regimes ‘manage’ the range of challenges with which they are confronted. Ultimately, the book suggests that all contemporary welfare regimes are experiencing a level of ‘neoliberal drift’. As yet, this trend towards liberalization remains constrained in those countries with more ‘coordinated’ economies and institutionalized forms of social partnership – but the question is for how long? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of International Politics, Sociology and Social Policy. 2025-05-27T06:52:20Z 2025-05-27T06:52:20Z 2025-05-26T07:19:03Z 2006 book ONIX_20250526T085745_9781134765706_61 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102630 9781134765706 9780415142502 9780203099490 9780415142519 9781134765690 9781134765652 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160487 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102630/1/9781134765706.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780203099490 10.4324/9780203099490 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781134765706 9780415142502 9780203099490 9780415142519 9781134765690 9781134765652 Routledge 236 Oxford open access |
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