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The 'Dutch Miracle', Job growth, welfare reform and corporatism in the Netherlands
Journal for The Study of The Pseudepigrapha, 2000
Dutch lessons in Social Pragmatism
Geopolitics, 2001
Learning and mimicking: How European welfare states reform
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy Volume II: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges in Twelve Countries, 2000
Sequences of Policy Failures and Effective Policy Responses
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy Volume I: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness in Comparative Perspective, 2000
ABSTRACT The chapter examines the dynamics of policy responses and their ultimate effectiveness. ... more ABSTRACT The chapter examines the dynamics of policy responses and their ultimate effectiveness. It identifies typical sequences of policy failures, caused by the misfit between new problems and existing policy legacies, which may generate processes of policy learning that ultimately produce effective solutions; but it also points to instances in which policy learning is blocked by conflicts of interest or by divergent cognitive orientations in multi-actor institutional settings. Of equal importance are sequences of lateral spillovers, where the solutions to problems in one policy area generate new problems that subsequently must be dealt with in adjacent policy areas. In the 1970s and 1980s, these spillovers were most important in countries where the rise of open unemployment was mitigated by resort to early retirement and disability pensions. In analysing these sequences of policy failure, learning, and problem displacement, the chapter also compares and assesses the greater or lesser effectiveness of the policy responses actually adopted and identifies successful countries that were able to adjust to the challenges of the open economy without abandoning their welfare-state goals.
The Great Recession and Welfare State Reform: Is Retrenchment Really the Only Game Left in Town?
Social Policy & Administration, 2014
ABSTRACT By 2010, when the Greek sovereign debt crisis changed into an existential crisis of the ... more ABSTRACT By 2010, when the Greek sovereign debt crisis changed into an existential crisis of the euro, all developed democracies entered a phase in which they had to consolidate their budgets, typically implying a politics of austerity. The scholarly literature, as well as the popular press, suggests that – consequently – welfare retrenchment and cost containment became the only games left in town. In this article, we study the welfare state reform measures taken between 2010 and 2012 in four countries characteristic of mature welfare state regimes (liberal, UK; conservative, Germany; social democratic, Denmark; and hybrid, the Netherlands) to examine empirically whether austerity has indeed become the only item left on the policy menu. Our analysis reveals that retrenchment features prominently on the agenda everywhere, but nowhere by itself. While compensation for income loss is rare since 2010, this still happens. More unexpectedly, reforms in line with a social investment agenda (like expansion of child care or active labour market policies) are still being pursued in all our four cases.
Christian democracy, social democracy and the continental ‘welfare without work’ syndrome
Social Policy Review 16Analysis and debate in social policy, 2004, 2004
... social rights and obligations), active labour market policies (social inclusion), and an ... ... more ... social rights and obligations), active labour market policies (social inclusion), and an ... 177 Christian democracy, social democracy institutional coordination between social protection and employment ... Christian democrats kept defending their own heritage, but the increasing ...
Hellenic Presidency of the European Union
Foreword viii Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian Minister for Social Affairs and Pensions Preface and Acknowledgements xxv Notes on Contributors xxviii
Beyond the Service Sector Trilemma: Towards a Better Understanding of Social Investment Policy Synergies
Beleidsleren in de Nederlandse verzorgingsstaat
World Voice 「オランダの奇跡」 に学べ
of Book: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges
Neo-liberalism, the" third Way" Or What?: European Social Democracy and the Welfare State at the Beginning of the New Millennium
of Book: Welfare and Work in the Open Economy, Vol. I: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness
of Book: Welfare state futures
Ackerman, BA (1980). Social Justice in the Liberal State, New Haven: Yale University Press. Alegre, S., den Boer, M., Callovi, G., et al.(2005). The Hague Programme: Strengthening Freedom, Security and Justice in the EU, EPC Working Paper No. 15, Brussels: European Policy Centre
Welfare States and the Evolution of Migrant Incorporation Regimes
The 'Dutch Miracle', Job growth, welfare reform and corporatism in the Netherlands
Journal for The Study of The Pseudepigrapha, 2000
Dutch lessons in Social Pragmatism
Geopolitics, 2001
Learning and mimicking: How European welfare states reform
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy Volume II: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges in Twelve Countries, 2000
Sequences of Policy Failures and Effective Policy Responses
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy Volume I: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness in Comparative Perspective, 2000
ABSTRACT The chapter examines the dynamics of policy responses and their ultimate effectiveness. ... more ABSTRACT The chapter examines the dynamics of policy responses and their ultimate effectiveness. It identifies typical sequences of policy failures, caused by the misfit between new problems and existing policy legacies, which may generate processes of policy learning that ultimately produce effective solutions; but it also points to instances in which policy learning is blocked by conflicts of interest or by divergent cognitive orientations in multi-actor institutional settings. Of equal importance are sequences of lateral spillovers, where the solutions to problems in one policy area generate new problems that subsequently must be dealt with in adjacent policy areas. In the 1970s and 1980s, these spillovers were most important in countries where the rise of open unemployment was mitigated by resort to early retirement and disability pensions. In analysing these sequences of policy failure, learning, and problem displacement, the chapter also compares and assesses the greater or lesser effectiveness of the policy responses actually adopted and identifies successful countries that were able to adjust to the challenges of the open economy without abandoning their welfare-state goals.
The Great Recession and Welfare State Reform: Is Retrenchment Really the Only Game Left in Town?
Social Policy & Administration, 2014
ABSTRACT By 2010, when the Greek sovereign debt crisis changed into an existential crisis of the ... more ABSTRACT By 2010, when the Greek sovereign debt crisis changed into an existential crisis of the euro, all developed democracies entered a phase in which they had to consolidate their budgets, typically implying a politics of austerity. The scholarly literature, as well as the popular press, suggests that – consequently – welfare retrenchment and cost containment became the only games left in town. In this article, we study the welfare state reform measures taken between 2010 and 2012 in four countries characteristic of mature welfare state regimes (liberal, UK; conservative, Germany; social democratic, Denmark; and hybrid, the Netherlands) to examine empirically whether austerity has indeed become the only item left on the policy menu. Our analysis reveals that retrenchment features prominently on the agenda everywhere, but nowhere by itself. While compensation for income loss is rare since 2010, this still happens. More unexpectedly, reforms in line with a social investment agenda (like expansion of child care or active labour market policies) are still being pursued in all our four cases.
Christian democracy, social democracy and the continental ‘welfare without work’ syndrome
Social Policy Review 16Analysis and debate in social policy, 2004, 2004
... social rights and obligations), active labour market policies (social inclusion), and an ... ... more ... social rights and obligations), active labour market policies (social inclusion), and an ... 177 Christian democracy, social democracy institutional coordination between social protection and employment ... Christian democrats kept defending their own heritage, but the increasing ...
Hellenic Presidency of the European Union
Foreword viii Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian Minister for Social Affairs and Pensions Preface and Acknowledgements xxv Notes on Contributors xxviii
Beyond the Service Sector Trilemma: Towards a Better Understanding of Social Investment Policy Synergies
Beleidsleren in de Nederlandse verzorgingsstaat
World Voice 「オランダの奇跡」 に学べ
of Book: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges
Neo-liberalism, the" third Way" Or What?: European Social Democracy and the Welfare State at the Beginning of the New Millennium
of Book: Welfare and Work in the Open Economy, Vol. I: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness
of Book: Welfare state futures
Ackerman, BA (1980). Social Justice in the Liberal State, New Haven: Yale University Press. Alegre, S., den Boer, M., Callovi, G., et al.(2005). The Hague Programme: Strengthening Freedom, Security and Justice in the EU, EPC Working Paper No. 15, Brussels: European Policy Centre
Welfare States and the Evolution of Migrant Incorporation Regimes
The economic crisis has given rise to signifi cant challenges to the welfare state. Given that we... more The economic crisis has given rise to signifi cant challenges to the welfare state. Given that welfare expenses account for a large proportion of all state spending in the member countries of the European Union, reducing government spending means cutting welfare measures. Yet social protection, in particular unemployment insurance benefi ts and minimum income support, has signifi cantly softened the impact of the crisis for millions of individuals. The global recession calls into question the fi nancial viability of current programmes, and the crisis is being used by some as an opportunity to roll back the welfare state permanently. The present Forum discusses challenges to and opportunities for the welfare state after the crisis.