A Long Goodbye to Bismarck?: The Politics of Welfare Reforms in Continental EuropeBruno Palier 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. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | |
What does it Mean to Break with Bismarck? | |
Understanding the Bismarckian Welfare Reform Trajectory | |
Attempts to Turn Around in a CuldeSac | |
3 The Dualizations of the French Welfare System | |
Welfare Reforms in Austria since the 1970s | |
The Choice between Activation and Minimum Income Protection in Belgium and the Netherlands | |
An Uncompleted Departure from Bismarck | |
9 The Politics of Social Security Reforms in the Czech Republic Hungary Poland and Slovakia | |
The Changing Role of Social Partnership in Continental Europe | |
11 Trajectories of Fiscal Adjustment in Bismarckian Welfare Systems | |
12 Whatever Happened to the Bismarckian Welfare State? From Labor Shedding to EmploymentFriendly Reforms | |
13 The Long Conservative Corporatist Road to Welfare Reforms | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
About the Contributors | |
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