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The Times They Are Changing? Crisis and the Welfare State presents a series of readings from international policy researchers that examine the effects of the recent financial crisis on welfare states around the world. Provides comprehensive and in depth coverage of changes in welfare states as a result of the financial crisis Reveals how the financial crisis is changing our perception of the welfare states Features contributions from policy researchers and academics from around the world
Editorial Introduction: Overview and Conclusion 1 Bent Greve 1 To What Extent Did the Financial Crisis Intensify the Pressure to Reform the Welfare State? 7 Barbara Vis, Kees van Kersbergen and Thomas H. Hylands 2 Falling Back on Old Habits? A Comparison of the Social and Unemployment Crisis Reactive Policy Strategies in Germany, the UK and Sweden 23 Heejung Chung and Stefan Thewissen 3 The Impact of the Crisis on Australian Social Security Policy in Historical Perspective 41 Peter Saunders and Chris Deeming 4 US Social Policy in the 21st Century: The Difficulties of Comprehensive Social Reform 59 Anne Daguerre 5 Economic Crisis and Welfare Retrenchment: Comparing Irish Policy Responses in the 1970s and 1980s with the Present 79 Fiona Dukelow 6 Crisis and Welfare State Change in the Netherlands 101 Mara Yerkes and Romke van der Veen 7 Explaining Welfare Reforms in Italy between Economy and Politics: External Constraints and Endogenous Dynamics 117 Franca Maino and Stefano Neri 8 The Economic Crisis as a Trigger of Convergence? Short-time Work in Italy, Germany and Austria 137 Stefano Sacchi, Federico Pancaldi and Claudia Arisi 9 Health Care Policy for Better or for Worse? Examining NHS Reforms During Times of Economic Crisis versus Relative Stability 161 Lorraine Frisina Doetter and Ralf Götze Index 179
