Attitudes, Aspirations and Welfare
Social Policy Directions in Uncertain Times
Editors: Taylor-Gooby, Peter, Leruth, Benjamin (Eds.)
Free Preview- Provides a detailed examination of people’s attitudes to welfare in a range of representative European countries
- Includes chapters covering attitude surveys and their relevance to policy-making at a time of rapid change Covers a wide range of topics including education, immigration, healthcare, and neoliberalism
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- About this book
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This edited collection uses democratic forums to study what people want from the welfare state in five European countries. The forum method yields new insights into how people frame social issues, their priorities and acceptable solutions. This is the first time democratic forums have been used as a research tool in this field.
The contributors’ research show that most people recognize growing inequality, population ageing, paying for health care and pensions, social care and immigration as areas where the welfare state faces real challenges. The most striking findings are the high level of support across all countries for social investment, and the way justifications for this vary between welfare state regimes. The authors also explore key areas such as immigration and intergenerational differences.
Attitudes, Aspirations and Welfare will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including politics, social policy and sociology, as well as policy-makers.
- About the authors
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Peter Taylor-Gooby is Research Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent, UK.
Benjamin Leruth is Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Administration at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Australia.
- Reviews
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“This volume offers convincing arguments for the importance of consensus. In a context of declining solidarity and rising populism, and with past social achievements under threat, this is a timely and necessary message. Policy-makers, employers’ organizations, trade unions and academics, would benefit from reading the feasible and plausible recommendations and insights of this book.” (Hedva Sarfati, International Social Security Review, Vol. 72 (2), 2019)
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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New Challenges for the Welfare State and New Ways to Study Them
Pages 1-28
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Individualism and Neo-Liberalism
Pages 29-61
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European Welfare Nationalism: A Democratic Forum Study in Five Countries
Pages 63-91
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Attitudes to Inequalities: Citizen Deliberation About the (Re-)Distribution of Income and Wealth in Four Welfare State Regimes
Pages 93-135
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Intergenerational Solidarity and the Sustainability of State Welfare
Pages 137-181
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Attitudes, Aspirations and Welfare
- Book Subtitle
- Social Policy Directions in Uncertain Times
- Editors
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- Peter Taylor-Gooby
- Benjamin Leruth
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-75783-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-75783-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-75782-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-09327-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 317
- Number of Illustrations
- 14 b/w illustrations
- Topics
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