Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue: What Does it Mean to Break with Bismarck?
- 1 Ordering change: Understanding the ‘Bismarckian’ Welfare Reform Trajectory
- 2 A Social Insurance State Withers Away. Welfare State Reforms in Germany – Or: Attempts to Turn Around in a Cul-de-Sac
- 3 The Dualizations of the French Welfare System
- 4 Janus-Faced Developments in a Prototypical Bismarckian Welfare State: Welfare Reforms in Austria since the 1970s
- 5 Continental Welfare at a Crossroads: The Choice between Activation and Minimum Income Protection in Belgium and the Netherlands
- 6 Italy: An Uncompleted Departure from Bismarck
- 7 Defrosting the Spanish Welfare State: The Weight of Conservative Components
- 8 Reform Opportunities in a Bismarckian Latecomer: Restructuring the Swiss Welfare State
- 9 The Politics of Social Security Reforms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
- 10 Reforming Bismarckian Corporatism: The Changing Role of Social Partnership in Continental Europe
- 11 Trajectories of Fiscal Adjustment in Bismarckian Welfare Systems
- 12 Whatever Happened to the Bismarckian Welfare State? From Labor Shedding to Employment-Friendly Reforms
- 13 The Long Conservative Corporatist Road to Welfare Reforms
- Note
- Bibliography
- About the Contributors
- Index
- Changing Welfare States
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue: What Does it Mean to Break with Bismarck?
- 1 Ordering change: Understanding the ‘Bismarckian’ Welfare Reform Trajectory
- 2 A Social Insurance State Withers Away. Welfare State Reforms in Germany – Or: Attempts to Turn Around in a Cul-de-Sac
- 3 The Dualizations of the French Welfare System
- 4 Janus-Faced Developments in a Prototypical Bismarckian Welfare State: Welfare Reforms in Austria since the 1970s
- 5 Continental Welfare at a Crossroads: The Choice between Activation and Minimum Income Protection in Belgium and the Netherlands
- 6 Italy: An Uncompleted Departure from Bismarck
- 7 Defrosting the Spanish Welfare State: The Weight of Conservative Components
- 8 Reform Opportunities in a Bismarckian Latecomer: Restructuring the Swiss Welfare State
- 9 The Politics of Social Security Reforms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
- 10 Reforming Bismarckian Corporatism: The Changing Role of Social Partnership in Continental Europe
- 11 Trajectories of Fiscal Adjustment in Bismarckian Welfare Systems
- 12 Whatever Happened to the Bismarckian Welfare State? From Labor Shedding to Employment-Friendly Reforms
- 13 The Long Conservative Corporatist Road to Welfare Reforms
- Note
- Bibliography
- About the Contributors
- Index
- Changing Welfare States
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- A Long Goodbye to Bismarck?The Politics of Welfare Reform in Continental Europe, pp. 1 - 4Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2010