Enabling Social Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Enabling Social Europe write by B. Maydell v.. This book was released on 2006-02-03. Enabling Social Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. ‘Enabling Social Europe’ examines how the paradigm of the ‘enabling welfare state’ might offer a new perspective for European social policy in the decades to come. The ‘enabling’ concept is perceived as going beyond that of mere ‘activation’, thus also embracing policies aimed at increasing personal autonomy, individual responsibility and social inclusion by endowing individuals with the resources and capabilities needed to manage and balance their life courses in a better way. The study is distinguished by a unique collaboration of social and economic policy experts coming from a wide range of disciplines: economics, law, sociology, political science, and philosophy. The authors seek to shed new light on whether European social policy ought to play a role in the future and, if so, what sort of role that could be. They convincingly argue that despite an implicit normative consensus on the ‘European social model’, there is still room for a multifaceted world in which welfare regimes can maintain their own path-dependent ways of achieving a fair and just society with a high level of welfare for all. The empirical part of the book contains an appraisal of policies and reforms with a view to the ‘enabling welfare state’ approach in four important policy areas: health care, old-age security, family policy, and poverty prevention. Within each sector, the authors compare the policies and practices of two countries attributable to different regime types: Germany and the United Kingdom, Poland and Germany, Finland and Estonia, and Belgium and Denmark. This book is highly recommendable not only for scholars and policymakers active in this field, but also for students of welfare and labour economics, sociology, social policy, political science and law.
The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being
The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being write by Giovanni Bertin. This book was released on 2021-02-26. The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This timely book critically examines the European Social Model as a contested concept and concrete set of European welfare and governance arrangements. It offers a theoretical and empirical analysis of new economic models and existing European investment strategies to address key issues within post-Covid-19 Europe.
The Politicisation of Social Europe
The Politicisation of Social Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politicisation of Social Europe write by Corti, Francesco. This book was released on 2022-01-14. The Politicisation of Social Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While for some scholars the Euro crisis dashed the dream of Social Europe, this thought-provoking book proposes a more nuanced assessment, challenging the notion of austerity as the only way forward. Tracing the evolution of the political debate on European social integration and its interplay with the European economic governance after the Euro crisis, it sheds light on the conflict dynamics and political conditions that enabled the progressive shift away from the initial post-crisis EU ‘conservative reflex’, towards a new European holding environment for flourishing welfare states.
Romani Communities and Transformative Change
Romani Communities and Transformative Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Romani Communities and Transformative Change write by Ryder, Andrew. This book was released on 2020-11-20. Romani Communities and Transformative Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND. Drawing on Roma community voices and expert research, this book provides a powerful tool to challenge conventional discourses and analyses on Romani identity, poverty and exclusion. Through the transformative vehicle of a ‘Social Europe’, this edited collection presents new concepts and strategies for framing social justice for Romani communities across Europe. The vast majority of Roma experience high levels of exclusion from the labour market and from social networks in society. This book maps out how the implementation of a new ‘Social Europe’ can offer innovative solutions to these intransigent dilemmas. This insightful and accessible text is vital reading for the policymaker, practitioner, academic and activist.
Perspectives for Digital Social Innovation to Reshape the European Welfare Systems
Perspectives for Digital Social Innovation to Reshape the European Welfare Systems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perspectives for Digital Social Innovation to Reshape the European Welfare Systems write by F. Davide. This book was released on 2021-03-15. Perspectives for Digital Social Innovation to Reshape the European Welfare Systems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Social welfare is riddled with ingrained problems that have already defeated all standard approaches, and reform calls for counterintuitive action. Digital Social Innovation (DSI) is primarily about promoting grassroots initiatives to address localized societal problems, and is not normally talked about in relation to welfare reform, but perhaps social innovation initiatives, with their localized and case-based approach, could help to solve the enormous structural problems faced by our welfare democracies today. This book addresses the potential and implications of DSI for the reform of the European welfare state. The 14 papers collected here focus on key issues, such as the nature of social innovation and its effects; scaling up to address structural problems and make systemic change; new social risks and challenges; the role of digital thinking and emerging technologies; public governance approaches; tolerance of institutions; integrating innovation in the welfare system; and the empowerment of marginalized citizens. These topics are examined from an integrated and multi-disciplinary perspective, taking into consideration not only current EU debate on policy trends for social protection, but also the nature of digital transformation and its effects on social change. The book also highlights barriers to adoption, as well as the potential limitations and failures of this emerging approach. Digital social innovation is an emerging discipline that deserves more attention from policy makers and more resources from government. Drawing on welfare studies, political science, sociology, psychology, law and computer science, this book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and policy makers alike.
