Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare state
comparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to date
information on European welfare state reforms in an analytical
framework which allows a new approach to social policy changes.
* Demonstrates that, contrary to the common view, 'Bismarckian'
welfare states have changed significantly
* Contains long term but also very accurate data and perspective
beginning from the 1980s and up to the most recent reforms
* Speaks to two literatures: the one on welfare state, social
policies and welfare state reforms; the other to the political
science literature on changes, path dependency and incremental
changes
* Organises comprehensive and up to date information on European
welfare state reforms in an analytical framework
* Includes contributions from the best specialists of the field,
including members of the European academic community of social
policy comparativists
