ISBN:
9789089643834
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9789048515318 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
218 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9789048515318
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
Changing Welfare States
DDC:
301
Abstract:
This study investigates the consequences of processes of social individualisation and economic globalisation for welfare state solidarity. Solidarity is defined as the willingness to share risks. The institutions of the welfare state, such as social security or health care insurance, are founded on the willingness of citizens to share risks and organize solidarity between the young and the old, between the healthy and the sick, between the working and the unemployed. Processes of individualisation and globalisation affect these risks and in this study the authors investigate how and to what ex...
Note:
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Online-Ausg.:
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