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In recent decades, continental Europe has seen the emergence of an increasing divide between workers who have well-protected, well-paying jobs, and those who have lower-quality 'non-standard' employment or no job at all. The result is restricted access to contributory programmes, and where social assistance is patchy or nonexistent, a minimal safety net for atypical workers is often missing. Faced with this challenge, governments that are unwilling or unable to increase spending have three options: extend coverage and retrench the 'good' benefits given to insiders; maintain the benefits of the relatively well-off at the expense of growing numbers of outsiders; or resist reform altogether and do nothing. This book examines why different paths are pursued, arguing that certain typically Southern European characteristics - such as clientelism, the centrality of the family, and a large informal economy - condition the attention coverage gaps receive from both the public and political parties.

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• Full title: Expanding Welfare in an Age of Austerity
• Subtitle: Increasing Protection in an Unprotected World
• Author: Anthony Kevins
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9789462980211
• ISBN: 9462980217
• ID: 14230097
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Weight: 480 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 241 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. May 2017

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