After Austerity: Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession

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Peter Taylor-Gooby (Research Professor of Social Policy, Research Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent) Benjamin Leruth (Research Associate, Research Associate, University of Kent)

After Austerity

Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession

Peter Taylor-Gooby (Research Professor of Social Policy, Research Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent), Benjamin Leruth (Research Associate, Research Associate, University of Kent), Heejung Chung (Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent.)

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Oxford University Press
24 August 2017

Welfare & benefit systems; Political science & theory; Welfare economics

European welfare states are undergoing profound change, driven by globalization, technical changes, and population ageing. More immediately, the aftermath of the Great Recession and unprecedented levels of immigration have imposed additional pressures. This book examines welfare state transformations across a representative range of European countries and at the EU level, and considers likely new directions in social policy. It reviews the dominant neo-liberal austerity response and discusses social investment, fightback, welfare chauvinism, and protectionism.

It argues that the class solidarities and cleavages that shaped the development of welfare states are no longer powerful. Tensions surrounding divisions between old and young, women and men, immigrants and denizens, and between the winners in a new, more competitive, world and those who feel left behind are becoming steadily more important. European countries have entered a period of political instability and this is reflected in policy directions. Austerity predominates nearly everywhere, but patterns of social investment, protectionism, neo-Keynesian intervention, and fightback vary between countries. The volume identify areas of convergence and difference in European welfare state futures in this up-to-date study - essential reading to grasp the pace and directions of change.

Edited by: Peter Taylor-Gooby (Research Professor of Social Policy Research Professor of Social Policy University of Kent), Benjamin Leruth (Research Associate, Research Associate, University of Kent), Heejung Chung (Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent.)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 382g
ISBN: 9780198790273
ISBN 10: 0198790279
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 24 August 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Taylor-Gooby is a Research Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent. He is the director of the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project. His publications include Britain's Growth Crisis (co-edited with Colin Hay and Jeremy Green, Palgrave, 2015), The Double Crisis of the Welfare State and What Can We Do About It (Palgrave, 2013), and New Paradigms in Public Policy (OUP, 2013). Benjamin Leruth is an Assistant Professor in Public Administration at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, and a Research Associate at the University of Kent. He is working on the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project. His publications include The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism (co-edited with N. Startin and S. Usherwood, Routledge, 2017). Heejung Chung is a Reader in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Kent. She is a Co-I of the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project. She is an expert on comparative analysis of welfare states and published in journals such as the European Sociological Review, Journal of European Social Policy, and Human Relations.

Reviews for After Austerity: Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession

The book contains timely, precious material and analysis that can contribute to the formulation of more socially and economically coherent policies across EU Member States and at the EU level. It is a must read book for policy-makers, the business sector, trade unions and NGOs concerned about the future of democracy and ensuring a sound economy underpinned by an equitable welfare state. * Hedva Sarfati, International Social Security Review * the edited volume is a compelling account of the subject. Its theoretical framework is deployed consistently and coherently throughout the book, the chapters are strongly anchored by a historical account, are analytically consistent and provide diverse case-studies and levels of analysis. * Antonio Leitao, International Affairs *