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Edited by Bent Greve, Professor in Social Science, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark<i>‘With chapters offering essential insights into a wide range of cross-cutting challenges currently facing welfare states, </i>Welfare States in a Turbulent Era<i> will help students and scholars make sense of the complexities of social policy making in the wake of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic.’</i>
- Daniel Clegg, University of Edinburgh, UK,
<i>‘In uncertain and turbulent times, a concise and encompassing introduction to emerging and challenging themes is a welcome contribution to the fast-changing landscape of (Western) welfare studies. The authors disentangle the complexity behind the issues and provide the reader with an insight of what is ultimately at stake.’</i>
- Yuri Kazepov, University of Vienna, Austria,
Bringing together a diverse team of expert contributors, chapters explore the key challenges faced by welfare states in this turbulent era, including changing demographic compositions, the impact of technological advances on working practices, financial crises, and shifting voter attitudes and expectations. Emphasizing how instability poses opportunities for new directions and developments, the book ultimately explores the pressures and possible ways forward for welfare states in years to come.
Providing nuanced perspectives on welfare states, this timely book will be ideal for students and scholars of sociology, social and public policy, political science, and development studies.