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The Transformation of Solidarity: Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State (Changing Welfare States) - Softcover

Yerkes, Mara M.; Veen, Romke R.J.

 
9789089643834: The Transformation of Solidarity: Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State (Changing Welfare States)

Synopsis

This study investigates the consequences of processes of social individualisation and economic globalisation for welfare state solidarity. Solidarity is defined as the willingness to share risks. The institutions of the welfare state, such as social security or health care insurance, are founded on the willingness of citizens to share risks and organize solidarity between the young and the old, between the healthy and the sick, between the working and the unemployed. Processes of individualisation and globalisation affect these risks and in this study the authors investigate how and to what extent these changes influence the way risks are perceived by the public, what this means for the willingness to share risks and how this is translated in risk management strategies in firms, unions and administrative agencies.

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About the Author

Mara Yerkes is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland (Australia). Peter Achterberg is assistant professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Romke van der Veen is professor of sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

From the Back Cover

De literatuur over welvaartsstaten richt zich vaak op beleidsveranderingsprocessen en de mechanismen die deze veranderingen veroorzaken of tegenwerken. De werkelijke verandering wordt vaak geļnterpreteerd als gevolg van externe crises of als gevolg van de meer geleidelijke beleidsveranderingsprocessen. Dit boek heeft een ander uitgangspunt: de aute

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