Restructuring the Welfare State

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Restructuring the Welfare State: Introduction.
• I. The Welfare State Under Siege in Western Europe.
• 1. Is the British Welfare System Sustainable?.
• 2. Is the Welfare System of the Netherlands Sustainable?.
• 3. Is the German Welfare State Sustainable?.
• II. The Social Security System in the East Central European Nations of Transition and in Japan.
• 4. The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Transition of the Welfare States in Central and Eastern Europe.
• 5. The Social Security System in Japan.
• III. The Rise of the Welfare State in History and Theory.
• 6. State and Citizenship in the Age of Globalisation.
• Origins of the ? Social State? in German Philosophy and ? Staatswissenschaft?.
• IV. Current Problems of the Welfare State.
• 8. Do Welfare Obligations End at the Boundaries of the Nation State?.
• 9. Meeting Needs Versus Respecting Autonomy Dilemmas of the Welfare State.
• 10. Forward to the Nineteenth Century: Has Growing Old Gracefully Become a Luxury?.
• 11. The Unpaid Work of Mothers and Housewives in the Different Types of Welfare States.
• 12. Social Rights in a Gender Perspective.
• 13. Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family?.
• PartV. Theory and Critique of the Welfare State.
• 14. The Justification of Welfare Rights.
• 15. Risk, Justice and Social Policies.
• 16. Sweden: Towards a 21st Century Post-Modern People’s Home?.
• 17. The Social State in the Post-Modern.
• Conclusion.
• 18. On the Moral Foundations of the Welfare State Three Research Programmes.
• About the Authors.
• Index of Names.