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Social Concertation in Times of Austerity changing welfare states
Afonso
Social Concertation in Times of Austerity
A m s t e r d a m
U n i v e r s i t y
P r e s s
Why do governments still negotiate with trade unions and employers in the design of labour market and welfare reforms despite the steady decline of trade union membership almost everywhere in Europe? Social Concertation in Times of Austerity investigates the political underpinnings of social concertation in this new context with a focus on the regulation of labour mobility and unemployment protection in Austria and Switzerland. It shows that the involvement
The Politics of Unemployment and Labour Mobility in Austria and Switzerland
of organised interests in policymaking is a strategy of compromise-building used by governments when they are faced with party-political divisions, or when unpopular reforms are likely to have risky electoral consequences. alexandre afonso is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany.
P O L I T I C A L SC I E N C E / SO C I A L SC I E N C E
Alexandre Afonso
changing welfare states • isbn 978 90 8964 395 7 • e-isbn 978 90 4851 299 7 • 156 x 234 mm paperback • 156 x 234 mm • 312 pages • may • €37.95 / £33.50
Romke van der Veen, Mara Yerkes and Peter Achterberg (eds)
The Transformation of Solidarity 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
Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State
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 adminstrative agencies. romke van der veen is professor of sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam; mara yerkes is research fellow at the Erasmus University Rotterdam; peter achterberg is assistant professor, all at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
changing welfare states • isbn 978 90 8964 384 1 • e-isbn 978 90 4851 531 8 paperback • 156 x 234 mm • 224 pages • november 2011 • €39.95 / £32.95
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