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Transformation of solidarity: changing risks and the future of the Welfare state
This study investigates the consequences of processes of social individualisation and economic globalisation for welfare state solidarity. Solidarity is defined as the willingness to share risks. The institutions of the welfare state, such as social security or health care insurance, are founded on the willingness of citizens to share risks and organize solidarity between the young and the old,…
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- 9789089643834
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- 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- Changing welfare states
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- 301 VEE t
European variations as a key to cooperation
This Open Access book offers a novel view on the benefits of a lasting variation between the member states in the EU. In order to bring together thirty very different European states and their citizens, the EU will have to offer more scope for variation. Unlike the existing differentiation by means of opt-outs and deviations, variation is not a concession intended to resolve impasses in negotia…
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- 9783030328931
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- xx, 177p. : ill.
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- 337.142 EUR e
Social innovation : comparative perspectives
Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives investigates socio-economic impact. Since it is hard to establish causality and to measure social properties when investigating impact, especially at the level of society, the book narrows down impact to one priority aspect: social innovation – understood as organizations’ capacity to generate novel ideas, ways and means of doing things, of addres…
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- 9781315158020
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- xix, 297p. : ill.
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- 306.3094 SOC s
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