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The Transformation of Solidarity : Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Changing welfare states.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 ex. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (218 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789048515318 9048515319 1280118334 9781280118333 9089643834 9789089643834 |