Synopses & Reviews
A state-of-the-art assessment of welfare provision, policy and reform at national and at EU level which spans the whole of Europe - East, West and Central. Uniquely broad-ranging in scope, and covering the latest research findings and theoretical debates, it provides a genuinely comparative overview text for students of the new Europe.
About the Author
COLIN HAYProfessor of Political Analysis and Co-Director of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Sheffield, UK. DANIEL WINCOTTBlackwell Professor of Law and Society at Cardiff University Law School and co-Chair of the Wales Governance Centre.
Table of Contents
Introduction European Welfare Capitalism in Good Times and Bad Varieties of European Welfare Capitalism Globalization, Europeanization and the Welfare State Competitiveness and the Welfare State European Integration and Welfare Capitalism Convergence and Divergence in European Welfare Trajectories European Welfare Capitalism in Hard Times