Social Policy in the Smaller European Union States

Published by Berghahn Books 2012

Social Policy in the Smaller European Union States

Edited by: Gary B. Cohen , Ben W. Ansell , Robert Henry Cox and Jane Gingrich

In the series Studies in Contemporary European History

Volume 9 in the series Contemporary European History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857452641

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About this book

In Europe and around the world, social policies and welfare services have faced increasing pressure in recent years as a result of political, economic, and social changes. Just as Europe was a leader in the development of the welfare state and the supportive structures of corporatist politics from the 1920s onward, Europe in particular has experienced stresses from globalization and striking innovation in welfare policies. While debates in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France often attract wide international attention, smaller European countries—Belgium, Denmark, Austria, or Finland—are often overlooked. This volume seeks to correct this unfortunate oversight as these smaller countries serve as models for reform, undertaking experiments that only later gain the attention of stymied reformers in the larger countries.

Author / Editor information

Gary B. Cohen is Professor and Chair of History at the University of Minnesota. His publications include numerous journal articles and books, including The Politics of Ethnic Survival: Germans in Prague, 1861–1914 (1981; 2nd ed., revised, 2006) and Education and Middle-Class Society in Imperial Austria, 1848–1918 (1996).

Ben W. Ansell is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. He has also worked as an academic consultant to HM Treasury in the UK and for the Leitch Review of Skills, advising the UK government on long-term education policy. He is the author of From the Ballot to the Blackboard: The Redistributive Political Economy of Education (2010).

Robert Henry Cox is Professor in the School of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma (OU) and is coordinator for European Studies. He is co-editor of the journal Governance, and is the co-director of the European Union Center at OU.

Jane Gingrich is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. In 2008-09 she was also a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. Her recent book, Making markets in the welfare state: The politics of varying market reforms (2011), looks at the politics of market reforms in public services in the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK.

Gary B. Cohen is Professor and Chair of History at the University of Minnesota. His publications include numerous journal articles and books, including The Politics of Ethnic Survival: Germans in Prague, 1861–1914 (1981; 2nd ed., revised, 2006) and Education and Middle-Class Society in Imperial Austria, 1848–1918 (1996).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Social Policy in the Smaller EU States Gary B. Cohen, Ben W. Ansell, Robert Henry Cox and Jane Gingrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section I. The Social Investment Agenda: From Ideas to Policy?
1. How Globalization and the European Union are Changing European Welfare States Robert Henry Cox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Family Policies, Education, and Female Labor Market Participation in Advanced Capitalist Democracies Robin Stryker, Scott R. Eliason, Eric Tranby and William Hamilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Double Transformation: How to Adjust Institutional Social Policy? Juho Saari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4. The Social Investment State: A New Trend in Social Expenditure or Merely a Popular Political Discourse? Jorma Sipilä Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Section II. Interest Coalitions, Ideas, and Social Reform
5. Multiple Market Prescriptions: The Diverse Models of Health Care Reform in Sweden Jane Gingrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6. Austrian Social Policy Reform in the Era of Integration and Rising Populism Reinhard Heinisch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
7. Of Firms and Flexibility: The Dynamics of Collective Bargaining Reform in Spain and Portugal Sara Watson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Section III. Diverging Institutional Legacies, Ideas, and Social Reform
8. Social Policy Change “Under the Radar Screen”: Health Care Reforms in Seven Small Countries Kieke G. H. Okma, Luca Crivelli, Toni Ashton, Iva Bolgani, Tsung-Mei Cheng, David Chinitz, Meng-Kin Lim, Hans Maarse, Rachel Meislin and Tim Tenbensel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
9. Humboldt Humbled? The Germanic University System in Comparative Perspective Ben W. Ansell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
10 Beyond the Welfare State: Consumer Protection and Risk Perceptions in the European Union and Austria Paulette Kurzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Conclusion: Ideas and Social Reform Robert Henry Cox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 300
Keywords: History (General)

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Published: December 1, 2011
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