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Bringing together a discussion of the theories and techniques of comparative policy analysis and a description of current developments in selected welfare state regimes, European Welfare States provides an accessible overview of issues concerning European welfare states. In particular, it provides: - an overview of the development of welfare states in Europe; - a discussion of key issues including welfare state theories, the role of globalization, gender and the welfare state; welfare typologies; and the role of public opinion; - a detailed account of recent developments and current challenges in five European welfare states; and - a detailed account of the key challenges facing European welfare states and possible future directions for welfare models including the role of the European Union in the development of social policy. This book is illustrated throughout with student-friendly features such as case-studies, chapter summaries, questions for discussion and guides for further reading. With a flowing narrative and clear structure the book is an invaluable text for undergraduates taking courses in comparative social policy. It will also be useful for students in related disciplines such as public policy, social welfare, politics and international relations.

WELFARE STATES -- 930.3 --- EUROPE -- 930.3 --- COMPARATIVE POLITICS -- 328.2 --- Public welfare --- Welfare state --- Europe --- Social policy.

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This open access book explores the role of family, public, market and third sector welfare provision for individual and households’ decisions regarding geographical mobility. It challenges the state-centred approach in research on welfare and migration by emphasising migrants’ own reflections and experiences. It asks whether and in which ways different welfare concerns are part of migrants’ decisions regarding (or aspirations for) mobility. Employing a transnational and a translocal perspective, the book addresses different forms of geographical mobility, such as immigration, emigration, and re-migration, circular and return migration. By bringing in empirical findings from across a variety of Western and non-Western contexts, the book challenges the Eurocentric focus in current debates and contributes to a more nuanced and more integrated global account of the welfare-migration nexus.

Economic sociology --- Migration. Refugees --- Politics --- politiek --- migratie (mensen) --- sociale economie --- Emigration and immigration --- Welfare state --- Social mobility --- #SBIB:39A6 --- Mobility, Social --- Sociology --- State, Welfare --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- Economic aspects --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Migration, immigration & emigration --- Political economy --- Political science & theory --- Migration --- Population Economics --- Political Science --- Human Migration --- Open access --- Immigration and emigration --- Nexus of welfare provisions --- Global social protection --- Migration and integration --- Population mobility --- Rural to urban migration --- Circular and return migration --- Welfare-migration nexus --- Citizenship --- Welfare and mobility --- Chinese international students --- Children's education and parental migration decisions --- Migration and settlement aspirations --- Labour mobility from Eastern European welfare states --- Healthcare workers and migration --- Gender equality in expatriate family migration --- Old-age pensions across borders --- Social protection across countries --- Population & demography