Making a European Welfare State?: Convergences and Conflicts Over European Social Policy

by Peter Taylor-Gooby (Editor)

This volume provides an up-to-date account of developments in Europe across a range of policy fields, from labour markets to disability and poverty to health care.

An up-to-date account of a rapidly changing field.
Covers developments across a range of policy fields, from labour markets to disability and poverty to health care.
Situates debates about welfare convergence and divergence in a theoretical context.
Draws on sociological, social policy, political science and economic theoretical perspectives.
Written by acknowledged experts in the field.
Uses case studies of particular policy areas and regional developments.
Includes work on Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as on France and Germany.

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First published July 26, 2004

About the author

In my day job I'm an academic but I believe that you can only truly understand the issues that matter through your feelings, your imagination and your compassion. That's why I write novels.
My latest “The Immigrant Queen” is about Aspasia, the only woman member of Socrates’ circle, passionate lover of Pericles and author of his speeches, the model for Athene on the Parthenon and the most striking woman in Athens. Then history forgot her.
My earlier novels are "The Baby Auction" and “A Kinder City”, love stories set in a fantasy world where the only rule is the law of the market; "Ardent Justice", a cop fighting for the rights of homeless people in a city dominated by high finance; and "Blood Ties", a father who must struggle against people-traffickers and corrupt politicians to save his bi-polar daughter..
I’ve worked on adventure playgrounds, in a social security office and as a teacher. I love walking, cycling, writing and talking to my children.