Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

"This book traces and analyzes the legislation and implementation of pension reforms in four Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries: Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. By comparing the political economy of their policymaking processes, it seeks to pinpoint regularities between institutional settings, actor constellations, decision-making strategies and reform"--

Steffen Mau introduces the concept of "the moral economy" to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas of social justice. Analysing the institution of welfare and the public attitudes towards such schemes, the text demonstrates that people are neither selfish nor altruistic; they tend to reason reciprocally.

Provides a cross-country analysis of the key issues shaping the pension reforms in Europe: political games, welfare models and pathways, population reactions, and observed and expected outcomes. This book evaluates the political forces that make pension reform viable in different national and institutional contexts.

Examines how and to what extent the European Employment Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) on Social Protection and Social Inclusion have influenced national labour market and social welfare policies. This book also examines how the proposals of the OMC implemented within the context of the national employment and welfare regimes.

This book offers a detailed analysis of the efforts made to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece.

Assesses the welfare state to ask key questions and draw conclusions about its place in modern society. This study shows how the welfare states that we have inherited from the early post-war years had one main objective: to protect the income of the male breadwinner. It is of interest to students and scholars of politics and sociology.

Controlling a New Migration World explores the factors that drive recent migration control policies and, in turn, sheds light on the unintended consequences of policies for the new character of migration.

This book conveys analyses, perspectives and interpretations of the normative foundation of the unique 'Nordic welfare state model' which are relevant across the globe.

This book asks whether and how Europe matters in the fight against poverty and social exclusion by assessing the emergence and possible institutionalization of a European multi-level, multi-stakeholder and integrated policy arena in the new institutional framework.

This comprehensive study of the Great Recession and its consequences provides comparative analyses of the extent to which social concertation between government, unions, and employers varied over time and across European countries.