Welfare markets in Europe the democratic challenge of European integration

This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to increased marketization. The author argues that the rise of profit-making in utilities, transport, child and health care is exacerbating rather than reducing inequalities amon...

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1. Verfasser: Crespy, Amandine (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2016
Schriftenreihe:Palgrave studies in European political sociology
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Zusammenfassung:This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to increased marketization. The author argues that the rise of profit-making in utilities, transport, child and health care is exacerbating rather than reducing inequalities among citizens, demonstrating how the marketization of European welfare has taken place over successive rounds of policymaking for European integration. These rounds have motivated national level public services reform, as well as contestation over these measures from civil society groups. The study traces the developments of policymaking at EU level since the late 1980s, offers in-depth studies of contentious debates which have sealed the fate of welfare services at the turn of the century, and offers insights on the problems involved with prolonged austerity in Europe. This book therefore shows how European integration is provoking a democratic challenge to what kind of Europe citizens want
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:xv, 263 Seiten
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21 cm
ISBN:1137571039
1-137-57103-9
9781137571038
978-1-137-57103-8