Converging worlds of welfare?: British and German social policy in the 21st century

This volume reviews and compares welfare policy change in the UK and Germany.It focuses on family policy, pensions, and the labour market, and covers bothpublic provision as well as the role of company-based social protection. INDICE: 1: Jochen Clasen: Introduction; Part I: Welfare Values; 2: Christoph Burkhardt, Rose Martin, Steffen Mau and Peter Taylor-Gooby: Differing notions of social welfare? Britain and Germany Compared; 3: Peter Taylor-Gooby and Rose Martin: Fairness and Social Provision: Qualitative Evidence from Germany and the UK; 4: Christoph Burkhardt and Steffen Mau: Challenges of Ethnic Diversity: Results from a Qualitative Study; Part II: Welfare Policies; Part II A: Supporting Families; 5: Mary Daly: Family Policy - Striving for Sustainability; 6: Ann-Kathrin Jüttner, Sigrid Leitner and Anneli Rüling: Increasing Returns: The New Economy of Family Policy in Britain and Germany; 7: Lisa Warth: Family-friendly Working Time Policy in Germany and the United Kingdom; 8: Timo Fleckenstein and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser: Cross-national Perspectives on Firm-levelFamily Policies: Britain, Germany and the US Compared; Part II. B: SupportingPensioners; 9: Traute Meyer and Paul Bridgen: Towards German Liberalism and British Social Democracy: The Evolution of Two Public-occupational Pension Regimes from 1945 to 2009; 10: Paul Bridgen and Traute Meyer: The Impact of the New Public and Private Pension Settlements in Britain and Germany on Citizen's Income in Old Age; 11: Michaela Willert: Can Private Insurers Bridge the Savings Gap? Regulation and Performance of Personal Pensions in Great Britain and Germany; Part 11 C: Employment and Unemployment; 12: Kathrin Leuze: Higher Education and Graduate Employment - The Importance of Occupational Specificity in Germany and Britain; 13: Jochen Clasen: From Unemployment Protection to 'Work First'. Is German Labour Market Policy Becoming British?; 14: Jochen Clasen, Steffen Mau, Traute Meyer and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser: Conclusion: Parallel Paths,Great Similarities, Prevailing Differences

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958449-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés