The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Google Pay

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Sweden

Region is based on IP address

The Welfare State in the European Union Economic and Social Perspectives

Paperback • 2006 • English • 1. edition

The Welfare State in the European Union Economic and Social Perspectives

By Pierre Pestieau

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

This book offers an account of the performance of the welfare state in the European Union, and explores its future prospects in an ever evolving setting. The objectives of the welfare state are twofold: to relieve poverty and to provide a sense of security for everyone. It can be shown that over the last four decades the welfare state has been quite successful in achieving these objectives, more visibly in the Nordic countries than in the Southern or the Anglo-Saxon ones. But today the welfare s...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780199261024

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2006

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Welfare State in the European Union Economic and Social Perspectives

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

You might also like

European Union Law

European Union Law

Robert Schütze

Politics in the European Union

Politics in the European Union

Charlotte Burns

European Union Politics

European Union Politics

Cini Michelle, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán

Socialpolitik : varför, hur och till vilken nytta?

Socialpolitik : varför, hur och till vilken nytta?

Henrik Malm Lindberg

Fair and competitive?

Fair and competitive?

Anne-Lise Arnesen

Welfare Economics - Theory, empirical results and the Swedish experience

Welfare Economics - Theory, empirical results and the Swedish experience

Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg

The Welfare State Reader

The Welfare State Reader

Macroeconomics - a european perspective

Macroeconomics - a european perspective

Blanchard et

Towards a Social Investment Welfare State?

Towards a Social Investment Welfare State?

Incomplete Revolution: Adapting Welfare States to Women's New Roles

Incomplete Revolution: Adapting Welfare States to Women's New Roles

Gosta Esping-Andersen

Välfärd, genus och familj

Välfärd, genus och familj

Janet Flink

The State in capitalist society

The State in capitalist society

Ralph Miliband

Economics - european edition

Economics - european edition

Paul Krugman

East Central Europe in the Modern World

East Central Europe in the Modern World

Andrew C.

Risk, social policy and welfare

Risk, social policy and welfare

Hazel Kemshall

The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

Gosta Esping-Andersen

Welfare States and Immigrant Rights

Welfare States and Immigrant Rights

Stockholm University) Sainsbury Diane (Professor Emeritus Department of Political Science

The Delegated Welfare State

The Delegated Welfare State

Andrea Louise Campbell

European societies

European societies

Roland Verwiebe

The Political Economy of the European Union

The Political Economy of the European Union

Dermot McCann