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The Transformation of Solidarity: Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State (Changing Welfare States) - Softcover

 
9789089643834: The Transformation of Solidarity: Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State (Changing Welfare States)

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This pioneering study investigates the consequences of social indivualization and economic globalization on the welfare state. With a particular focus on solidarity, or the willingness to accept shared risks, the editors look at the dynamics between the aging and the young, the healthy and the sick, and the working and unemployed within welfare states. The Transformation of Solidarity translates recent changes in the global economy into risk management strategies for businesses, unions, and government administrators, while pinpointing how the public views these risks. The editors of this important volume bring together a wide range of papers that approach this topic from a variety of perspectives, and they provide a vital new tool for understanding how welfare states operate.

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Romke van der Veen is professor of sociology, Mara Yerkes is a research fellow, and Peter Achterberg is assistant professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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De literatuur over welvaartsstaten richt zich vaak op beleidsveranderingsprocessen en de mechanismen die deze veranderingen veroorzaken of tegenwerken. De werkelijke verandering wordt vaak geïnterpreteerd als gevolg van externe crises of als gevolg van de meer geleidelijke beleidsveranderingsprocessen. Dit boek heeft een ander uitgangspunt: de aute

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