Restructuring the welfare state

InhaltsverzeichnisRestructuring the Welfare State: Introduction.I. The Welfare State Under Siege in Western Europe.1. Is the British Welfare System Sustainable?.2. Is the Welfare System of the Netherlands Sustainable?.3. Is the German Welfare State Sustainable?.II. The Social Security System in the East Central European Nations of Transition and in Japan.4. The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Transition of the Welfare States in Central and Eastern Europe.5. The Social Security System in Japan.III. The Rise of the Welfare State in History and Theory.6. State and Citizenship in the Age of Globalisation.Origins of the ? Social State? in German Philosophy and ? Staatswissenschaft?.IV. Current Problems of the Welfare State.8. Do Welfare Obligations End at the Boundaries of the Nation State?.9. Meeting Needs Versus Respecting Autonomy Dilemmas of the Welfare State.10. Forward to the Nineteenth Century: Has Growing Old Gracefully Become a Luxury?.11. The Unpaid Work of Mothers and Housewives in the Different Types of Welfare States.12. Social Rights in a Gender Perspective.13. Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family?.PartV. Theory and Critique of the Welfare State.14. The Justification of Welfare Rights.15. Risk, Justice and Social Policies.16. Sweden: Towards a 21st Century Post-Modern People’s Home?.17. The Social State in the Post-Modern.Conclusion.18. On the Moral Foundations of the Welfare State Three Research Programmes.About the Authors.Index of Names.