TY - BOOK AU - Palier,Bruno AU - Martin,Claude ED - Wiley InterScience (Online service) TI - Reforming the Bismarckian welfare systems T2 - Broadening perspectives on social policy SN - 9781444306798 AV - HV238 .R45 2008 U1 - 361.6/8094 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Malden, MA, Oxford PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Public welfare KW - Europe KW - Welfare state KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Social Services & Welfare KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Human Services KW - fast KW - Social policy KW - Wohlfahrtsstaat KW - swd KW - Reform KW - Sozialpolitik KW - Sociale politiek KW - gtt KW - Verzorgingsstaat KW - Poldermodel KW - Hervormingen KW - Vergelijkend onderzoek KW - Europa KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; From 'a frozen landscape' to structural reforms: the sequential transformation of Bismarckian welfare systems / Bruno Palier and Claude Martin -- When past reforms open new opportunities: comparing old-age insurance reforms in Bismarckian welfare systems / Giuliano Bonoli and Bruno Palier -- Towards Neo-Bismarckian health care states? Comparing health insurance reforms in Bismarckian welfare systems / Patrick Hassenteufel and Bruno Palier -- Continental drift: on unemployment policy change in Bismarckian welfare states / Daniel Clegg -- From subsidiarity to 'free choice': child- and elder-care policy reforms in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands / Nathalie Morel -- Activation as a common framework for social policies towards lone parents / Trudie Knijn, Claude Martin, and Jane Millar -- Long-term care policies in Italy, Austria and France: variations in cash-for-care schemes / Barbara Da Roit, Blanche Le Bihan, and August Österle -- Family policies in Germany and France: the role of enterprises and social partners / Ute Klammer and Marie-Thérèse Letablier N2 - Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare state comparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to date information on European welfare state reforms in an analytical framework which allows a new approach to social policy changes.: Demonstrates that, contrary to the common view, 'Bismarckian' welfare states have changed significantly; Contains long term but also very accurate data and perspective beginning from the 1980s and up to the most recent reforms; Speaks to two literatures: the one on welfare state, social policies and welfare state reforms; the other to the politi UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444306798 ER -