After Austerity: Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession

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After Austerity: Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession
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1: The Context: How European Welfare States Have Responded to Post-Industrialism, Ageing Populations, and Populist Nationalism
	1.1 Longer-term Shifts in the Economic, Social, and Political Context of the European Welfare State
		1.1.1 Economic Changes
		1.1.2 Social Changes
		1.1.3 Political Changes
	1.2 The Great Recession and the Politics of Austerity
	1.3 Theorizing the Way in which Welfare States Manage the New Policy Directions
		1.3.1 Convergence
		1.3.2 Structured Diversity
		1.3.3 Beyond Continuity
	1.4 National Contexts
	References
2: Stretching the Limits of Solidarity: The German Case
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Challenges for the Conservative German Welfare State and New Directions in Social Policy
	2.3 Social Policy Responses to the Great Recession between Old Habits and New Directions
	2.4 What Future for German Social Policy? Four Possible Challenges and Cleavages
	2.5 Conclusion
	Notes
	References
3: Where Next for the UK Welfare State?
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 The Shift towards Neo-Liberalism
	3.3 Current Issues: the Impact of the Great Recession and Responses to It
	3.4 Future Scenarios: The UK Welfare State at a Crossroads?
	3.5 Conclusion
	References
4: France at a Crossroads: Societal Challenges to the Welfare State during Nicolas Sarkozy´s and François Hollande´s Presidential Terms
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 The French Welfare State Prior to the Great Recession
	4.3 2007-12: Sarkozy´s Presidency, the Great Recession, and Neo-Dirigisme
	4.4 François Hollande, 2012-17: Le changement, c´est maintenant?
	4.5 Conclusion: Future Scenarios and Public Attitudes
	Notes
	References
5: Changing Scandinavian Welfare States: Which Way Forward?
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Preconditions and Outcomes
	5.3 Recent Developments: Transformation of the Social Contract?
		5.3.1 Pension and Retirement Reforms
		5.3.2 Disability and Sickness Absence
		5.3.3 Labour Market Reforms
		5.3.4 Tax Reform
		5.3.5 New Public Management
		5.3.6 Immigration
	5.4 Still a Scandinavian Family?
	5.5 Possible Trajectories for the Future
		5.5.1 Damage Repair: Rebuilding Nordic Welfare
		5.5.2 Prolonged Austerity
		5.5.3 Privatization: Promoting or Undermining State Welfare?
		5.5.4 Targeting
		5.5.5 Welfare Chauvinism
	5.6 Conclusion
	Notes
	References
6: The Future of the Slovenian Welfare State and Challenges to Solidarity
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Gradual Welfare State Reforms After Independence
	6.3 Current Issues: Policy Responses to the Great Recession
	6.4 The Politics of Welfare and Possible Welfare State Futures
	6.5 Conclusion
	Notes
	References
7: Spain and Italy: Regaining the Confidence and Legitimacy to Advance Social Policy
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Pre-crisis Policies and Issues in Spain and Italy
	7.3 The Great Recession Hits the Spanish and Italian Welfare States: Restrictive Policy Reforms and Rescaling of the Policy-Making Process
		7.3.1 Social Policy Reform
		7.3.2 Changes in the Policy-Making Process
	7.4 The Institutional Crisis and Future Scenarios
	7.5 Conclusion
	Notes
	References
8: Welfare Reform in Greece: A Major Crisis, Crippling Debt Conditions and Stark Challenges Ahead
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 The Context: The `Lagged´ Development of the Welfare State in the 1980s and Reform Pressures before the Sovereign Debt Crisis
	8.3 The Sovereign Debt Crisis, Protracted Austerity, and Welfare Reform
	8.4 The Future: The Greek Welfare State at a Critical Juncture
	8.5 Conclusion
	Notes
	References
9: The Europeanization of the Welfare State: The Case for a `Differentiated European Social Model´
	9.1 Introduction: Social Policy and the EU
	9.2 Social Policy Developments at the EU Level
	9.3 The Great Recession and the Role of the European Union
		9.3.1 Financial Aspects
		9.3.2 Economic Aspects
		9.3.3 Social Aspects
		9.3.4 Political Aspects
		9.3.5 Migration
		9.3.6 Security
	9.4 Future Scenarios and their Impact on the European Welfare State
		9.4.1 Disintegration of the European Union
		9.4.2 A More Integrated Union
		9.4.3 An Ever More Differentiated Union
	9.5 Concluding Thoughts
	Notes
	References
10: Liberalism, Social Investment, Protectionism, and Chauvinism: New Directions for the European Welfare State
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 The Shared Challenges and Pressures on Policy
		10.2.1 Population Ageing, Competitiveness, Gender Rights, and Solidarity
		10.2.2 The Great Recession and its Aftermath
		10.2.3 Immigration and Welfare Chauvinism
	10.3 New Directions in Policy
	10.4 Differences and Similarities in National Policies
	10.5 Overview
	10.6 Future Developments
	References
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