Care policies in Italy between a national frozen landscape and local dynamism
In: The Italian welfare state in a European perspective, S. 133-156
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In: The Italian welfare state in a European perspective, S. 133-156
In: The Italian welfare state in a European perspective, S. 1-18
In: The Italian welfare state in a European perspective, S. 327-360
In: South European society & politics, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 353-369
ISSN: 1743-9612
In: South European society & politics, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 353-369
ISSN: 1360-8746
In: South European society & politics, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 353-369
ISSN: 1743-9612
Family policies have traditionally been weak in Southern Europe. In the last two decades, however, and following a 'catching up' course, Spain has created new family programmes and expanded existing ones. Meanwhile, the picture for Italy during the years preceding the crisis is more of a 'frozen landscape'. However, the diverging paths of the two countries in terms of policy reform in the years preceding the crisis do not place them in substantially different positions. The economic crisis and the austerity measures that followed have aggravated the weaknesses of family and care policies in both countries. Adapted from the source document.
In: Stato e mercato, Heft 96, S. 429-464
ISSN: 0392-9701
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 246-259
ISSN: 1461-7269
Faced with the problems associated with an ageing society, many European countries have adopted innovative policies to achieve a better balance between the need to expand social care and the imperative to curb public spending. Although embedded within peculiar national traditions, these new policies share some characteristics: (a) a tendency to combine monetary transfers to families with the provision of in-kind services; (b) the establishment of a new social care market based on competition; (c) the empowerment of users through their increased purchasing power; and (d) the introduction of funding measures intended to foster care-giving through family networks. This article presents the most significant reforms recently introduced in six European countries (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK) as regards long-term care. It analyses their impact at the macro- (institutional and quantitative), meso- (service delivery structures) and micro-level (families, caregivers and people in need). As a result the authors find a general trend towards convergence in social care among the countries, and the emergence of a new type of government regulation designed to restructure rather than to reduce welfare programmes.
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 246-259
ISSN: 0958-9287
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In: Stato e mercato, Heft 57, S. 441-476
ISSN: 0392-9701
In: Stato e mercato, Heft 57, S. 441-475
ISSN: 0392-9701
In: Work and Welfare in Europe
In: Work and Welfare in Europe Ser.
This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficiency, medical achievements, social inequalities, and responsiveness to patients and workers
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 25, Heft 6, S. 878-893
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: Social policy and administration, Band 52, Heft 2, S. 477-490
ISSN: 1467-9515
AbstractThe article provides an assessment to what extent reforms of occupational pensions (OP) have fostered a "risk shift" or increased social protection dualism across countries. The essay focuses on workers, whilst previous research primarily analyzed provision for current pensioners. The empirical analysis confirms that in countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden, increased private pension or (OP) provision does not necessarily lead towards social protection dualism and comprehensive risk shifts. Britain continues to be characterized by strong social protection dualism and entrenched social divides, creating "social policy enclaves". Divisions of welfare are also very likely to be a feature of the German pension system in the future. The latter two countries have witnessed clear risk shifts and processes of dualization. The pension systems in Austria, Italy, and Spain have not witnessed paradigmatic changes, and continue to be primarily based on public/statutory pension schemes. The idea that multi‐pillarization in itself fosters major risk shifts and dualization has to be reconsidered. Under specific conditions, encompassing OPs can be functionally equivalent to public pension schemes. However, countries relying on voluntarism with regard to OPs coverage tend to witness processes of dualization.
In: European journal of social security, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 147-157
ISSN: 2399-2948