French Welfare State Reform

Idealism versus Swedish, New Zealand and Dutch Pragmatism

James Angresano author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Anthem Press

Published:15th Nov '07

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Explores the important emergent issue of the types of reforms required to enable welfare states to preserve sustainability.

Through a historical and comparative analysis of French, Swedish, New Zealand and Dutch case studies, ‘French Welfare State Reform’ explores the political and economic sustainability of the of the welfare state.

This book explores an important, emergent issue: what types of reforms are required to enable welfare states to preserve sustainability? For the purpose of this study, a sustainable welfare state is one that can remain the guarantor against social risks and adverse economic trends for all segments of their respective societies and satisfy sound fiscal criteria (such as the Maastricht requirement for all members of the EMU that their fiscal budget deficit does not exceed 3% of the GDP), without imposing considerable financial burdens on future generations.

'Deeply rooted in a sound political economy analysis, this book is a must both for those who are still faithful to some sort of welfare state and for pro-market hardliners.'Wladimir Andreff, Professor at the University of Paris, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne (CNRS), Vice-president of the French Economic Association

ISBN: 9781843312673

Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 26mm

Weight: 454g

304 pages