This article seeks to develop a new perspective on the housing-welfare state relationship in Britain. Housing is conventionally seen as part of the post-war welfare state, but as different from other core services because of the persistence of a large market sector. Housing is also seen as...

This article seeks to develop a new perspective on the housing--welfare state relationship in Britain. Housing is conventionally seen as part of the post-war welfare state, but as different from other core services because of the persistence of a large market sector. Housing is also seen as...

This text deals with the topic of housing shortage vs. residential vacancy – housing market intervention as a task of politics? At the beginning there will be some basic assertions on the relation of market vs. state, especially bearing in mind, the overall importance and social responsibility...

There are four major challenges for housing policy in the near and midterm future: First, rents in many German conurbations have been rising significantly faster than incomes over the last five years. Though it can rightly be argued, that the suggested policies of the new German federal...

The regional differences in the housing markets are enormous and will continue to exacerbate in the future. The main task for the housing policy is to take appropriate long term measures depending on the market structure. A central aspect of future housing policy is the site development....

This paper is framed within a broad discourse on the withdrawal of the state from involvement with welfare issues. There is no doubt that in Belgium welfare state arrangements have undergone significant changes (for example, cuts in unemployment benefit). However, despite these changes, the...

This paper is framed within a broad discourse on the withdrawal of the state from involvement with welfare issues. There is no doubt that in Belgium welfare state arrangements have undergone significant changes (for example, cuts in unemployment benefit). However, despite these changes, the...

"Das Konzept der Aktivierung kennzeichnet die Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik zahlreicher Länder seit den frühen 1990er Jahren und ist durch einschneidende Sozialversicherungsreformen geprägt. Trotz unterschiedlicher wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Ausprägungen sind in Großbritannien, den...

"Since 2008, Europe has been shaken by an ongoing crisis. If relevant parts of populations are exposed to socioeconomic risks, it is a distinctive characteristic of European political ethics that they must not be left alone, but should be subject to support and solidarity by budget support...

<p>Mark Hyde and John Dixon review Shapiro's (2007) <em>Is the Welfare State Justified?</em>, assessing its merits as well as its flaws.</p>