Full Description
This study investigates the consequences of processes of social individualisation and economic globalisation for welfare state solidarity. Solidarity is defined as the willingness to share risks. The institutions of the welfare state, such as social security or health care insurance, are founded on the willingness of citizens to share risks and organize solidarity between the young and the old, between the healthy and the sick, between the working and the unemployed. Processes of individualisation and globalisation affect these risks and in this study the authors investigate how and to what extent these changes influence the way risks are perceived by the public, what this means for the willingness to share risks and how this is translated in risk management strategies in firms, unions and administrative agencies.
Contents
The Transformation of Solidarity - 2[-]Table of Contents - 6[-]Introduction - 8[-]Risk and the Welfare State Risk, Risk Perception and Solidarity - 14[-]2 Contested Solidarity Risk Perception and the Changing Nature of Welfare State Solidarity - 32[-]3 Individualisation: A Double-edged Sword Does Individualisation Undermine Welfare State Support? - 50[-]4 Labour Flexibility and Support for Social Security - 70[-]5 Increasing Employability The Conditions for Success of an Investment Strategy - 92[-]6 Corporatism and the Mediation of Social Risks The Interaction between Social Security and Collective Labour Agreements - 116[-]7 Changing Labour Policies of Transnational Corporations The Decrease and Polarisation of Corporate Social Responsibility - 140[-]8 From Welfare to Workfare The Implementation of Workfare Policies - 166[-]9 Towards a New Welfare Settlement? The Transformation of Welfare State Solidarity - 192[-]Index of Names - 208[-]Index of Subjects - 214
