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Biographical note
Edited by Maurice Mullard, Reader in Public and Social Policy and Simon Lee, Lecturer in Politics, University of Hull, UK<i>'The volume provides a rich quarry of data and ideas on social policy and citizenship.'</i>
This important book explores the relationships between political choices and constraints, and how governments in different countries are interpreting the challenges to the welfare state. Additionally it critically assesses their policy options in the 1990s and beyond. Special attention is paid to the relationship between social policy and the wider arguments of public finance, employment, citizenship, competitiveness and the economy. Complementing this discussion are country case studies to show how Germany, Sweden, Britain, Denmark, France and Ireland are planning to deal with these problems.
This definitive guide will prove to be an invaluable resource to academics and especially policymakers involved in decision making on social welfare throughout Europe.