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Edward Elgar Publishing Austerity, Retrenchment and the Welfare State: Truth or Fiction?

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Product Description Are we living in an age of permanent austerity? In this insightful book, Bent Greve provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of welfare states since 2000, exploring the ways in which austerity can be measured and quantified and how far retrenchment has impinged on European welfare states. Featuring clear and succinct discussions defining austerity and retrenchment, Greve offers strong methodological approaches to the measurement of austerity. This timely book provides detailed comparative European analysis, unpacking changes in health care, pension systems and employment policies to better understand the nature, impact and extent of austerity in welfare services. Detailed and nuanced, this book is critical for students of social policy, sociology and political science exploring contemporary European austerity programs. Researchers will also benefit, as the author casts new light on the development and trajectories of the modern welfare state. Review 'This book presents a comprehensive stock taking exercise of welfare state developments over the last two decades. It shows that, contrary to widespread perceptions and analyses that emphasize austerity and retrenchment, welfare spending has continued to increase. It provides further validation of the notion that welfare states are an indispensable component of modern political economies.' --Giuliano Bonoli, University of Lausanne, Switzerland 'The concept of austerity has been a dominant one in political and public policy discourse since the Great Recession of 2008. In social policy the ''era of austerity'' dates back even longer, to at least the turn of the millennium. Yet, the term is often ill-defined and its application is sometimes more assumed than measured and analysed. In this rigorously researched book Bent Greve develops a clear framework for investigating what ''austerity'' has actually meant for EU welfare states. When has it, and when has it not, been implemented? Greve paints on a broad comparative canvas, but draws a complex picture. This book provides a fresh, and needed, insight. It should be read by all with an interest in the recent history and possible futures of European welfare states.' --Alex Waddan, University of Leicester, UK About the Author Bent Greve, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark

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Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 178990370X
Category: Books > Subjects > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Government & Politics > Political Science & Ideology > Democracy
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 10 January 2020
Listed Since: 19 August 2019

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