A Long Goodbye to Bismarck? is the first study to provide an exhaustive comparative account of all welfare reforms in continental Europe during the past three decades, covering Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Prologue: What Does it Mean to Break with Bismarck? by Gøsta Esping-Andersen
1 Ordering change: Understanding the ‘Bismarckian’ Welfare Reform Trajectory by Bruno Palier
2 A Social Insurance State Withers Away. Welfare State Reforms in Germany—Or: Attempts to Turn Around in a Cul-de-Sac by Karl Hinrichs
3 The Dualizations of the French Welfare System by Bruno Palier
4 Janus-Faced Developments in a Prototypical Bismarckian Welfare State: Welfare Reforms in Austria since the 1970s by Herbert Obinger and Emmerich Tálos
5 Continental Welfare at a Crossroads: The Choice between Activation and Minimum Income Protection in Belgium and the Netherlands by Anton Hemerijck and Ive Marx
6 Italy: An Uncompleted Departure from Bismarck by Matteo Jessoula and Tiziana Alti
7 Defrosting the Spanish Welfare State: The Weight of Conservative Components by Ana Guillén
8 Reform Opportunities in a Bismarckian Latecomer: Restructuring the Swiss Welfare State by Silja Häusermann
9 The Politics of Social Security Reforms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia by Alfio Cerami
10 Reforming Bismarckian Corporatism: The Changing Role of Social Partnership in Continental Europe by Bernhard Ebbinghaus
11 Trajectories of Fiscal Adjustment in Bismarckian Welfare Systems by Philip Manow
12 Whatever Happened to the Bismarckian Welfare State? From Labor Shedding to Employment-Friendly Reforms by Anton Hemerijck and Werner Eichhorst
13 The Long Conservative Corporatist Road to Welfare Reforms by Bruno Palier
Notes
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index
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