Description
A common belief is that the European welfare states are in a position of crisis or heading towards one with the process of globalization removing any hopes of eventual worldwide welfare. This book challenges this assumption arguing that a proper understanding of the future role of the welfare state requires a broader social perspective that encompasses the interaction of economic, political and social processes. The Future of the Welfare State provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the practical and theoretical challenges which the welfare state (and progress towards world welfare) can and must meet in the future.
Table of Contents
Introduction The Social, Political and Economic Future of the European Welfare States, Bent Greve; Part 1 European Welfare Perspective; Chapter 1 1This Chapter is heavily based on Chapter 9 of Cesaratto (forthcoming a)., Sergio Cesaratto; Chapter 2 Is there a Demographic Time-bomb?, Bent Greve; Chapter 3 A Market Imitating Employment Subsidy, Ralph S. Musgrave; Chapter 4 1The author gratefully acknowledges the Austrian Academy of Sciences for a DOC-grant and EPUNET for providing data access during a short research visit to the ESRI in Dublin., Matthias Till; Part 2 Global Perspectives; Chapter 5 1The translation has been made by http://stud.scient.adm. Ben Hope., Jesper Jespersen; Chapter 6 Inequality and Unemployment: Reflections on Theory and on Europe, James K. Galbraith; Chapter 7 International Finance for Development and the New Transnational Dimension of Welfare in Poor Countries, Marco Zupi; Chapter 8 From Globalisation to World Welfare: Established and Emerging Global Actors, Andrea Gallina;
