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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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Veen, Romke van der
Autres auteurs: Yerkes, Mara, Achterberg, Peter
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2011.
Collection:Changing welfare states.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (218 pages)
ISBN:9789048515318
9048515319
1280118334
9781280118333
9089643834
9789089643834