The Mediterranean Welfare Regime and the Economic Crisis

Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes, Pau Mari-Klose

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English

Routledge
01 August 2014

Social welfare & social services; Welfare economics; Financial crises & disasters

This book examines the recent evolution of the Mediterranean Welfare regime, and how the economic crisis may be contributing to redefine its basic traits. Moving from the macro comparative analysis of long-term socio-demographic trends to the study of specific welfare programs, the chapters included in this book employ a variety of methods and approaches to review the specificities of the Mediterranean Welfare model. All chapters aim to analyze the role that the recent transformations experienced by Southern European societies (ageing, increasing women labour market participation, decreasing expectations for care within the family, immigration) have had over this model. The basic characteristics of this regime type are supposed to be strongly grounded in the values shared by these societies (familistic tendencies, clientelism, lack of generalized trust), but the modernization which these countries experienced in recent years have contributed, with a different speed and to a different degree, to a significant transformation in their axiological foundations. The impact of the current fiscal and economic crisis on the Mediterranean Welfare regimes may be contributing to the growing de-legitimatisation of political systems of these countries, something particularly important in a region that established democratic regimes only (relatively) recently.

This book was originally published as a special issue of European Societies.

Edited by: Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes, Pau Mari-Klose
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781138787254
ISBN 10: 1138787256
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 01 August 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes is a Research Fellow at CSIC and holds a BA in Sociology (UCM), a Master in Social Sciences (Juan March Institute, Spain), an MSc in Social Policy (LSE, UK), and a PhD in Political Science (UAM, Spain). His research focuses on the comparative analysis of public policies such as immigration, welfare regimes, and urban policies. Pau Marí-Klose is Assistant Professor at the University of Zaragoza, Spain and holds a BA in History (UB), a Master in Social Sciences (Juan March Institute, Spain), a MA in Sociology (University of Chicago, USA), and a PhD in Sociology (UAM). His main interests lie in the study of inequalities and social policies such as child poverty, education, intergenerational relations.