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Title:Family formation and stability in western welfare states since 1960 : the influence of family and housing policy Author(s):AAGAARD, Anders Juhl
Date:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis explains differences in changes to family formation and stability in France, Norway, the FRG and the GDR based changes to family- and housing policy. Focus is on developments from the 1960s to the early 2000s. ...

Title:Comparative welfare state research in a bind? Author(s):HEMERIJCK, Anton
Date:2020Citation:
- Stato e mercato, 2020, No. 2, pp. 229-256
Type:ArticleAbstract:Comparative welfare state research is inter-disciplinary par excellence! Relative geographical proximity to objects of scientific inquiry, however, invoked subtly diverse traditions of research on EU welfare states on both ...

Title:Recalibrating social protection : electoral competition and the new partisan politics of the welfare state Author(s):ABOU-CHADI, Tarik; IMMERGUT, Ellen M.
Date:2019Citation:
- European journal of political research, 2019, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 697-719
Type:ArticleAbstract:This article investigates the new party politics of welfare states with a particular focus on electoral competition. The argument is that welfare state politics are no longer just about more or less, but involve trade-offs ...


Title:Portuguese healthcare reforms in the context of crisis : external pressure or domestic choice? Author(s):ASENSIO, Maria; POPIC, Tamara
Date:2019Citation:
- Social policy & administration, 2019, Vol. 53, No. 7, pp. 1003-1017
Type:ArticleAbstract:As a result of the recent economic crisis, in 2011, Portugal signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund (the "Troika"). In exchange for ...


Title:The politics of welfare state recalibration in continental and southern Europe Author(s):BÜRGISSER, Reto
Date:2019Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2019
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis argues that the politics of welfare state change do not follow the same dynamics as during the Golden Age. Post-industrialization, occupational change and the emergence of new social risks have considerably ...

Title:Responses of European economic cultures to Europe's crisis politics : the example of German-Italian discrepancies Editor(s):HIEN, Josef; JOERGES, ChristianDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:BookAbstract:When we started our preparation for this project only a year ago, our prime concerns were the deepening of the social and economic asymmetries between the North and the South under the impact of the financial crisis, with ...
Title:The role of ideas in welfare reforms in Central-Eastern Europe Author(s):POPIC, Tamara
Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Centro Einaudi WP-LPF; 2018/04; Gli AnnaliAbstract:In the 2000s, in two Central Eastern European (CEE) countries - Slovakia and Hungary - governments proposed plans for welfare reforms that entailed radical shift from a state- to a market-oriented healthcare system. This ...


Title:The clientelistic turn in welfare state policy-making : party politics in times of austerity Author(s):HÜBSCHER, EvelyneDate:2018Citation:
- London ; New York : ECPR Press, Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018
Type:BookAbstract:The book critically assesses the impact of party governments in different institutional settings on welfare state generosity and labour market reforms. Its key findings contradict earlier established views on the impact ...
Title:The role of social policy in poverty reduction : a comparative study on life course changes and the dynamics of poverty in Germany and the United Kingdom Author(s):HÄMÄLÄINEN, SaaraDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Despite the vast research on poverty, little is known about poverty transitions at a cross-European level, particularly in a longer run. The aim of this research is to analyse the interrelation between the welfare state ...
Title:The politics of equal opportunities in education : partisan governments and school choice reform in Sweden, England, and France, 1980-2010 Author(s):HABERSTROH, Charlotte M.Date:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:In this thesis, I ask about the political determinants of educational inequalities, and posit that as school quality differs, the competition for school places poses a problem to the social right of equal educational ...