A Long Goodbye to Bismarck?: The Politics of Welfare Reform in Continental Europe

doi:10.1017/9789048512454

A Long Goodbye to Bismarck?

The Politics of Welfare Reform in Continental Europe

A Long Goodbye to Bismarck? is the first study to provide an exhaustive comparative account of all welfare reforms in continental Europe during the past three decades, covering Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland.

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A Long Goodbye to Bismarck?

The Politics of Welfare Reform in Continental Europe

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-8

Acknowledgements
pp 9-10

Prologue: What Does it Mean to Break with Bismarck?
pp 11-18

1 - Ordering change: Understanding the ‘Bismarckian’ Welfare Reform Trajectory
pp 19-44

2 - A Social Insurance State Withers Away. Welfare State Reforms in Germany – Or: Attempts to Turn Around in a Cul-de-Sac
pp 45-72

3 - The Dualizations of the French Welfare System
pp 73-100

4 - Janus-Faced Developments in a Prototypical Bismarckian Welfare State: Welfare Reforms in Austria since the 1970s
pp 101-128

5 - Continental Welfare at a Crossroads: The Choice between Activation and Minimum Income Protection in Belgium and the Netherlands
pp 129-156

6 - Italy: An Uncompleted Departure from Bismarck
pp 157-182

7 - Defrosting the Spanish Welfare State: The Weight of Conservative Components
pp 183-206

8 - Reform Opportunities in a Bismarckian Latecomer: Restructuring the Swiss Welfare State
pp 207-232

9 - The Politics of Social Security Reforms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
pp 233-254

10 - Reforming Bismarckian Corporatism: The Changing Role of Social Partnership in Continental Europe
pp 255-278

11 - Trajectories of Fiscal Adjustment in Bismarckian Welfare Systems
pp 279-300

12 - Whatever Happened to the Bismarckian Welfare State? From Labor Shedding to Employment-Friendly Reforms
pp 301-332

13 - The Long Conservative Corporatist Road to Welfare Reforms
pp 333-388

Note
pp 389-402

Bibliography
pp 403-438

About the Contributors
pp 439-442

Index
pp 443-455

Changing Welfare States
pp 456-456

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