The Sovereign Debt Crisis, the EU and Welfare State Reform
Caroline de La Porte (Ed.)
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Description for The Sovereign Debt Crisis, the EU and Welfare State Reform
Hardback. Editor(s): De La Porte, Caroline; Heins, Elke. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
This book offers a much-needed analysis of how the European Union (EU) has affected welfare state reforms in the Member States most severely hit by the 2008 economic crisis. Bringing together leading European social policy researchers, it shows that the EU's responses to the sovereign debt crisis have changed the nature of EU intervention into domestic welfare states, with an enhanced focus on fiscal consolidation, increased surveillance and enforcement of EU measures. The authors demonstrate how this represents an unprecedented degree of EU involvement in domestic social and labour market policies. Readers will also discover how greater demands to attain ... Read more
This book offers a much-needed analysis of how the European Union (EU) has affected welfare state reforms in the Member States most severely hit by the 2008 economic crisis. Bringing together leading European social policy researchers, it shows that the EU's responses to the sovereign debt crisis have changed the nature of EU intervention into domestic welfare states, with an enhanced focus on fiscal consolidation, increased surveillance and enforcement of EU measures. The authors demonstrate how this represents an unprecedented degree of EU involvement in domestic social and labour market policies. Readers will also discover how greater demands to attain ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Work and Welfare in Europe
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137581785
SKU
V9781137581785
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Caroline de La Porte (Ed.)
Caroline de la Porte is Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Elke Heins is Lecturer in Social Policy at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK.
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