Book review : Handbook of European social policy and The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems

Ginsburg, Norman (2018) Book review : Handbook of European social policy and The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems. Critical Social Policy, 38 (3). pp. 615-617. ISSN 1461-703X

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Book reviews of:

- Handbook of European social policy / edited by Patricia Kennett and Noemi Lendvai-Bainton (Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2017), 458 pages, £160 (hardback), ISBN: 9781783476459

- The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems / edited by Christian Aspalter (London : Routledge, 2017), 498 pages, £175 (hardback), ISBN: 9781472449306

There was a moment about 25 years ago when Social Europe and the European Social Model seemed to be within touching distance of becoming reality. Jacques Delors was the dynamic President of the European Commission and it was quite widely believed that his vision of economic integration would entail ‘harmonisation’ of social policies among the EU (15) underpinned by a commitment to furthering social equalities. Sadly in many ways this has not come about for a host of reasons, above all because of the hegemonic influence of neoliberal economic and social policy thinking, exemplified in the approach to the Greek crisis. Yet social policy in Europe remains located primarily at the national government level.

Item Type:	Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	social policy; welfare state systems
Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 360 Social problems & services; associations
Department:	School of Social Sciences and Professions School of Social Sciences (to June 2021)
SWORD Depositor:	Pub Router
Depositing User:	Pub Router
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2018 11:29
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2022 13:01
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/2582

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