Review of "A Long Goodbye to Bismarck? The Politics of Welfare Reform in Continental Europe" par PALIER, Bruno, Amsterdam University Press, 2010

Anke Hassel , John C. Stephens (1) , Kees van Kersbergen

1 Maynooth University - National University of Ireland Maynooth

This edited volume consists of country studies of social policy reforms in most continental European – or ‘Bismarckian’ – welfare states over the past decade and a half. In addition, it contains chapters on financing the welfare state, employment policy, and the role of social partners in administering social policy, an introduction and summarizing conclusion by the editor, and a prologue by Gøsta Esping-Andersen. It is the companion volume to Palier and Martin (2008). In that volume, the chapters are cross-country comparative analyses of policy areas (pensions, healthcare, and so on) (...).

Domains: Political science

Anke Hassel, John C. Stephens, Kees van Kersbergen. Review of "A Long Goodbye to Bismarck? The Politics of Welfare Reform in Continental Europe" par PALIER, Bruno, Amsterdam University Press, 2010. Journal of European Social Policy, 2012, 22 (1), pp.90 - 101. ⟨hal-02190290⟩