Expanding welfare in an age of austerity : increasing protection in an unprotected world /

"In recent decades, the rapid expansion of lower-quality, atypical employment has created a growing group of people excluded not only from generous labor market protections, but from welfare state coverage as well. This situation would seem to call for increased spending on the social safety ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kevins, Anthony (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
Series:Changing welfare states.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt20krz5m
Table of Contents:
  • Struggling with persistent gaps
  • A tale of two RMIs
  • Public attitudes towards the unemployed in Continental, southern Europe, and beyond
  • Southern European characteristics in the broader context
  • Bismarck, Beveridge, and making the transition
  • Healthcare reform and public opinion in Continental and Southern Europe
  • Examining healthcare coverage across the OECD
  • Rectifying coverage gaps
  • Appendix : A brief methodological note.