Author : Dominique Anxo
Release : 2010
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 381/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Welfare State and Life Transitions by : Dominique Anxo
Download or read book The Welfare State and Life Transitions written by Dominique Anxo. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Welfare State and Life Transitions uses the lens of key life stages to highlight changes in these transitions and in available resources for citizen support within nine European welfare states. This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some life stages. For the remainder, policies were at best limited or, in Italy.s case, passive. The contributors reveal that the neglect of changing needs is leading to greater reliance on the family and the labour market, just as these support structures are becoming more unpredictable and moreunequal. They argue that alongside these new class inequalities, new forms of intergenerational inequality are also emerging, particularly in pension provision.
