Challenges to European Welfare Systems  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Klaus Schubert, Paloma de Villota, Johanna Kuhlmann. 
 - 1st ed. 2016. 
 - IX, 863 p. 175 illus., 2 illus. in color.  online resource. 
<br/><br/>Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Country Studies -- Part II: Comparative Analyses. 
<br/><br/> This book provides the first comprehensive analyses of the challenges all European welfare systems have been facing since 2007, combining in-depth country-based studies and comparative chapters. It focuses on: 1) the economic and financial crisis, 2) demographic change, and 3) the balance between avoiding risks and opening up opportunities in social policy. The results show that European welfare systems tend to face the same challenges in different ways and that also their responses to those challenges differ considerably. Although the EU also plays a part in shaping national welfare systems, it becomes evident that European welfare systems are by no means converging: in terms of social policy, national diversity within Europe is still a major factor that will shape future developments in European welfare systems. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783319076805 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-3-319-07680-5  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science.<br/>Political economy.<br/>European Economic Community literature.<br/>Social policy.<br/>Population.<br/>Economic sociology.<br/>Political Science and International Relations.<br/>Political Economy.<br/>Social Policy.<br/>Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.<br/>European Integration.<br/>Population Economics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA77 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.5