This book provides an extensive and comparative account of all welfare reforms that
occurred during the last three decades in Continental European countries. It reveals …

The literature on path dependence has emphasized positive feedback effects that make it
difficult to shift from a policy regime once it is in place. This article argues that policy regimes …

The study of welfare state reform has been strongly influenced by the twin concepts of credit
claiming and blame avoidance, popularized in an article published by R. Kent Weaver and …

Abstract France, Italy, Germany, Austria and Spain have all gone through several waves of
pension reforms both in the 1990s and in the early 2000s. Comparing the politics of these …

Die Alterung der Bevölkerung gehört zu den größten Herausforderungen Deutschlands in
den nächsten Jahrzehnten. Viele der vorhergesagten Szenarien wie die unzureichende …

The aim of this concluding chapter is to draw evidence from both the empirical and
theoretical chapters of the volume and to analyse the Lisbon Strategy in terms of its key …

This book explores the adoption of'active ageing'policies by EU15 nations and the impact on
older peoples' work and retirement policy options. Policies examined include unemployment …

From the 1970s on, a series of pressures have shaken the social protection structures
created and developed in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These include …

European countries have experienced population aging and consequent pressure on public
pensions. Some European countries, therefore, have welcomed migrants, expecting that the …

As the baby boom generation enters retirement, a long-forecast funding crisis of the Social
Security system is about to become a reality. Many other high-income countries are faced …