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Having had little time to absorb the economic and social shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union is confronted with staggering increases in the cost of living. While household burdens vary significantly across and within countries, most European countries are struggling to cushion the...
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Europe during the early 20th century than from the elaborate welfare-state arrangements after World War II. In addition to …
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(globalisation theory). The second story argues that whatever the cause of the welfare state crisis, globalisation is not part of it …Grundsätzlich gibt es drei Theorien über die Verbindung von Globalisierung und Wohlfahrtsstaat. Die erste Theorie … globalen Wettbewerbs anzupassen, was bedeutet, kostenintensive Wohlfahrts-Programme zu senken (Globalisierungs-Theorie). Der …
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The achievements of social-welfare arrangements in Western Europe are well known: considerable income security, relatively little poverty and, in some countries, ample supply of social services. But there are also well-known weaknesses and hence considerable scope for improvement. Three types of...
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It is useful to distinguish between exogenous and endogenous factors behind contemporary and expected future problems for the welfare state. This paper tries to identify major problems of both types and to indicate alternative reform possibilities to deal with them. At the same time as several...
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Soziale Sicherung gehört in der Europäischen Union zwar zu den primär nationalstaatlichen Aufgaben, doch gehen von der europäischen Ebene vielfältige Einflüsse aus, von Entscheidungen der Kommission, im Ministerrat oder durch den Europäischen Gerichtshof wie auch allgemein durch direkt...
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