This book introduces the concept of new social risks in welfare state studies and explains their relevance to the comparative understanding of social policy in Europe. New social risks arise from shifts in the balance of work and family life as a direct result of the declining importance of the mal
Transforming the Dutch welfare state: Social risks and corporatist reform
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- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 177
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This comprehensive studyΒ provides a thoroughΒ account of important policy developments in the Netherlands that are significant beyond the borders of the Dutch welfare state. It demonstrates the dramatic changes that have taken place in the protection of old and new social risks, exploring the mechanisms behind these changes in the context of corporatist welfare state institutions. This book is essential for welfare state scholars, graduate students and policy makers.
β¦ Table of Contents
TRANSFORMING THE DUTCH WELFARE STATE
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Changing social risks, changing risk protection?
Sickness and disability reform in the Netherlands
Collective childcare protection: the new workfare
Employability: lack of clarity, lack of protection
Transforming the Dutch welfare state
APPENDIX
List of abbreviations
Index
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