A new social question? on minimum income protection in the postindustrial era

Examines changes in the social security provision in a range of European countries, with special emphasis on the Bismarckian welfare states such as the Netherlands and Belgium

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marx, Ive
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2007, ©2007
Series:Changing welfare states
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-281) and index
  • The decline of self-reliance in advanced welfare states
  • The demand shift against the less-skilled
  • Low pay and poverty: anatomy of a 'new' social risk
  • On the limits to incrementalism in income protection policy: the case of structural unemployment in Belgium
  • How responsive are poverty rates to job growth?
  • Alternatives to passive income support: the verdict of empirical evaluation studies