Jørgen Goul Andersen & Jochen Clasen 
Europe’s new state of welfare [PDF ebook] 
Unemployment, employment policies and citizenship

It is often argued that European welfare states, with regulated labour markets, relatively generous social protection and relatively high wage equality, have become counter-productive in a globalised and knowledge-intensive economy. Using in-depth, comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of employment, welfare and citizenship in a number of European countries, this book challenges this view. It provides: an overview of employment and unemployment in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century; a comprehensive critique of the idea of globalisation as a challenge to European welfare states; detailed country chapters with new and previously inaccessible information about employment and unemployment policies written by national experts. Europe’s new state of welfare is essential reading for students and teachers of social policy, welfare studies, politics and economics.

Over de auteur

Jørgen Goul Andersen is Professor of Political Sociology at the Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. Jochen Clasen is Professor of Comparative Social Research at the Centre for Comparative Research in Social Welfare, University of Stirling, UK. Wim van Oorschot is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Knut Halvorsen is Professor and Research Director at the Faculty of Economics, Public Administration and Social Work, Oslo University College, Norway.