Ideas and Welfare State Reform in Western Europe
Description
The new welfare settlement in Europe involves a re-direction of policy in the context of a unified market and currency system and of more stringent economic competition. Realignment of the policy assumptions and goals of the key actors is central to this process. This book reviews the main policy paradigms and analyzes the processes whereby they have changed in the most salient policy areas, and is based on recent interviews with more than two hundred and fifty senior policy actors in seven West European countries.
Keywords
Political ScienceWorldEuropeanSocial ScienceSociologyPublic PolicySocial PolicyPolitical IdeologiesSocial Services & WelfareHistory & Theory
2005Book
Author(s)Peter Taylor-Gooby
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403993175
LanguageEnglish
