Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State
About the Book Series
This series presents leading edge research on the recasting of European welfare states. The series is interdisciplinary, featuring contributions from experts in economics, political science and social policy. The books provide a comparative analysis of topical issues, including:
- reforms of the major social programmes - pensions, health, social security
- the changing political cleavages in welfare politics
- policy convergence and social policy innovation
- the impact of globalization.
The Role of Social Partners in Managing Europe’s Great Recession: Crisis Corporatism or Corporatism in Crisis?
1st Edition
Edited
By Bernhard Ebbinghaus, J. Timo Weishaupt
May 31, 2023
This comprehensive study of the Great Recession and its consequences provides comparative analyses of the extent to which social concertation between government, unions, and employers varied over time and across European countries. This edited volume – a collaboration of international country ...
The Politics of Work-Family Policy Reforms in Germany and Italy
1st Edition
By Agnes Blome
August 14, 2018
One of the fundamental challenges facing modern welfare states is the question of work-family reconciliation. An increasing share of mothers work, but many European welfare states do not adequately support the dual-earner model, especially in southern Europe. After 2005, German policy-makers ...
Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Global Financial Crisis
1st Edition
By Igor Guardiancich
August 19, 2016
This book traces and analyzes the legislation and implementation of pension reforms in four Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries: Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. By comparing the political economy of their policymaking processes, it seeks to pinpoint regularities between ...
The Risk of Social Policy?: The electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries
1st Edition
By Nathalie Giger
April 23, 2015
The Risk of Social Policy? uses a comparative perspective to systematically analyse the effects of social policy reforms and welfare state retrenchment on voting choice for the government. It re-examines twenty elections in OECD countries to show if and how social policy issues drive elections. ...
Politics of Segmentation: Party Competition and Social Protection in Europe
1st Edition
By Georg Picot
July 03, 2014
When political parties make policy decisions they are influenced by the competition they face from other parties. This book examines how party competition and party systems affect reforms of social protection. Featuring a historical comparison of Italy and Germany post-1945, the book shows how a ...
The Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany: Containing Social Reforms
1st Edition
By Thomas Paster
May 30, 2014
This book assesses the role of employers in the development of welfare state and labour market institutions. Building on an in-depth analysis of Germany, a market economy known to often provide economic benefits to firms, this book explores one of the most contested issues in the comparative and ...
The Moral Economy of Welfare States: Britain and Germany Compared
1st Edition
By Steffen Mau
April 24, 2014
This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral ...
Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes: The Influence of the Open Method of Coordination on National Reforms
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Heidenreich, Jonathan Zeitlin
March 11, 2013
This book examines how and to what extent the European Employment Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) on Social Protection and Social Inclusion have influenced national labour market and social welfare policies. Focusing on the implementation of the OMC in different national ...
Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes
1st Edition
Edited
By Camila Arza, Martin Kohli
March 11, 2011
This new book provides a cross-country comparative analysis of the key issues shaping the latest pension reforms in Europe: political games, welfare models and pathways, population reactions, and observed and expected outcomes. Pension reform has been a top policy priority for European governments ...
Pension Politics: Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies
1st Edition
By Patrik Marier
February 02, 2011
Population ageing and slower economic growth have raised serious questions about the willingness and ability of governments to maintain current social policies. Within this new reality, discussions on the future of public pensions have been predominant in political debates across Europe. This ...
Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe: Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal
1st Edition
Edited
By Maurizio Ferrera
April 29, 2009
This new study delivers a detailed analysis of the efforts being made to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. After an initial discussion of the 'southern model' of the welfare state, the situation of each country is clearly illustrated. This book also ...
Regulating New Forms of Employment: Local Experiments and Social Innovation in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Ida Regalia
March 05, 2009
Using a comparative framework, this new volume focuses on how non-standard employment can be regulated in very different social, political and institutional settings. After surveying these new forms of work and the new demands for labour-market regulation, the authors identify possible solutions ...