{"product_id":"the-times-they-are-changing-isbn-9781444361476","title":"The Times They Are Changing?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times They Are Changing? Crisis and the Welfare State\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of readings from international policy researchers that examine the effects of the recent financial crisis on welfare states around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides comprehensive and in depth coverage of changes in welfare states as a result of the financial crisis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals how the financial crisis is changing our perception of the welfare states\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures contributions from policy researchers and academics from around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Editorial Introduction: Overview and Conclusion 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBent Greve\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1 To What Extent Did the Financial Crisis Intensify the Pressure to Reform the Welfare State? 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Vis, Kees van Kersbergen and Thomas H. Hylands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Falling Back on Old Habits? A Comparison of the Social and Unemployment Crisis Reactive Policy Strategies in Germany, the UK and Sweden 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeejung Chung and Stefan Thewissen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Impact of the Crisis on Australian Social Security Policy in Historical Perspective 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Saunders and Chris Deeming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 US Social Policy in the 21st Century: The Difficulties of Comprehensive Social Reform 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Daguerre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Economic Crisis and Welfare Retrenchment: Comparing Irish Policy Responses in the 1970s and 1980s with the Present 79\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Dukelow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Crisis and Welfare State Change in the Netherlands 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMara Yerkes and Romke van der Veen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Explaining Welfare Reforms in Italy between Economy and Politics: External Constraints and Endogenous Dynamics 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFranca Maino and Stefano Neri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Economic Crisis as a Trigger of Convergence? Short-time Work in Italy, Germany and Austria 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStefano Sacchi, Federico Pancaldi and Claudia Arisi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Health Care Policy for Better or for Worse? Examining NHS Reforms During Times of Economic Crisis versus Relative Stability 161\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLorraine Frisina Doetter and Ralf Götze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBent Greve\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in Social Science with an emphasis on Welfare State Analysis at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is the regional and special issues editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eSocial Policy \u0026amp; Administration\u003c\/i\u003e and has published extensively on social and labour market policy, social security, tax expenditures, public sector expenditures and financing of the welfare state.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSome have argued that the concept of the modern welfare state has been in crisis since at least the oil price shocks of the 1970s. Today, one rarely engages in a discussion of welfare states without encountering such terms as ‘recalibrate’, ‘recast’, ‘dismantle’ or ‘restructure’. Yet until the recent global financial crisis, the welfare states of many countries were relatively stable – or even expanding. \u003ci\u003eThe Times They Are Changing?\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of readings that critically examine whether the recent financial crisis will have short-lived implications for welfare states or will usher in a new era of substantial reform and retrenchment of social policies in welfare states around the world. Contributors include policy researchers and academics from several countries in Western Europe, as well as the South Pacific and the USA. Various national and regional case studies reveal the profound impact the financial crisis is having on policies implemented by welfare states as well as on our perceptions of the welfare state as a concept. \u003ci\u003eThe Times They Are Changing?\u003c\/i\u003e offers revelatory insights into the current global financial crisis and its long-term implications for the role of the state in the social well-being of its citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990354739429,"sku":"NP9781444361476","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444361476.jpg?v=1761787484","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-times-they-are-changing-isbn-9781444361476","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}