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The Transformation of Solidarity : Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State / ed. by Peter Achterberg, Mara Yerkes, Romke van der Veen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Changing Welfare StatesPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789089643834
  • 9789048515318
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 368.40094
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Risk and the Welfare State -- 2. Contested Solidarity -- 3. Individualisation: A Double-edged Sword -- 4. Labour Flexibility and Support for Social Security -- 5. Increasing Employability -- 6. Corporatism and the Mediation of Social Risks -- 7. Changing Labour Policies of Transnational Corporations -- 8. From Welfare to Workfare -- 9. Towards a New Welfare Settlement? -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
Summary: This pioneering study investigates the consequences of social indivualization and economic globalization on the welfare state. With a particular focus on solidarity, or the willingness to accept shared risks, the editors look at the dynamics between the aging and the young, the healthy and the sick, and the working and unemployed within welfare states. The Transformation of Solidarity translates recent changes in the global economy into risk management strategies for businesses, unions, and government administrators, while pinpointing how the public views these risks. The editors of this important volume bring together a wide range of papers that approach this topic from a variety of perspectives, and they provide a vital new tool for understanding how welfare states operate.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Risk and the Welfare State -- 2. Contested Solidarity -- 3. Individualisation: A Double-edged Sword -- 4. Labour Flexibility and Support for Social Security -- 5. Increasing Employability -- 6. Corporatism and the Mediation of Social Risks -- 7. Changing Labour Policies of Transnational Corporations -- 8. From Welfare to Workfare -- 9. Towards a New Welfare Settlement? -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects

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This pioneering study investigates the consequences of social indivualization and economic globalization on the welfare state. With a particular focus on solidarity, or the willingness to accept shared risks, the editors look at the dynamics between the aging and the young, the healthy and the sick, and the working and unemployed within welfare states. The Transformation of Solidarity translates recent changes in the global economy into risk management strategies for businesses, unions, and government administrators, while pinpointing how the public views these risks. The editors of this important volume bring together a wide range of papers that approach this topic from a variety of perspectives, and they provide a vital new tool for understanding how welfare states operate.

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