The Boundaries of Welfare: European Integration and the New Spatial Politics of Social Solidarity / Edition 1

by Maurizio Ferrera

Overview

This timely volume by one of the very best authorities on the EU offers an innovative analysis of the impact of the EU on welfare states at both the national and regional level. Given the EU's increasing influence on welfare states, this major new statement is poised to make an exciting and important contribution to current policy debates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199284672
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/19/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

University of Milan

Table of Contents

1. The Structuring of Social Citizenship: A Theoretical Framework2. From Local Assistance to National Social Protection: Welfare State Building in European Nations3. National Closure During the Golden Age of Welfare Expansion4. Contested Social Sovereignty: Welfare States Meet the EU5. From Welfare States to Welfare Regions6. Social Citizenship in the European Union: New Boundaries, New Structuring? Conclusion References