The Institutions of a Changing Welfare State (v. 2): The Future of the Welfare State. Vol. II - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 907077609X ISBN 13: 9789070776091

Publisher: European Interuniversity Press, 1999

Synopsis

The welfare state as we know it today is in a crisis. There are many reasons for this and it is surely not the result of just one or two of the causes mentioned in this volume. But whether it is due to the financial crisis and whether temporary by nature, the question arises as to what to do about it. When, for example, the social security system has obviously been over-stretched, we have to decide on what to do next: abolition of the total security system, reshape it or simply cut back on a few items? And, if so, which items? And how do we deal with the legitimacy crisis or, if it exists, the institutional one? The answers to most of these questions have ideological implications and are fundamental to the future of the welfare state.

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About the Author

The Editor: Mark D. ten Hove (1957) studied business economics at the Economics Faculty of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and law at the Law Faculty of the same university. After working as a consultant on educational development programmes he worked as an assistant professor at the new Economics Faculty of the University of Limburg in Maastricht. He is currently working at the department for securities research of Pierson, Heldring and Pierson banking corporation, Amsterdam.

Edition details

• Publisher: European Interuniversity Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 907077609X
• ISBN 13: 9789070776091
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 108
• Editor: Ten Hove M.D., Hove Mark D.Ten