Efnisyfirlit

• Cover page
• Halftitle page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
  • Figures
  • Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• 1. Introduction: Leading Themes and Explanatory Framework
  • 1.1 Leading Themes
  • 1.2 Explanatory Framework
  • 1.3 Content and Structure of the Book
• Part I: Comparative Profiles, Theories, and Policies
  • 2. Welfare Consequences of the Crisis in Europe
    • 2.1 Depth of the Crisis: Contraction and Unemployment
    • 2.2 Financial Hardship
    • 2.3 How the Burdens were Shared: A Different Perspective
    • 2.4 Summary
  • 3. The Political Economy of Crisis Responses
    • 3.1 Varieties of Economic Crises
    • 3.2 Policymaking in crises
    • 3.3 Fiscal Policy: Stimulus or Austerity?
    • 3.4 Social Policy: Retrenchment or Resilience?
    • 3.5 Conclusions
  • 4. Government Responses to the Great Recession: A Comparative Perspective
    • 4.1 The Great Recession and Beyond
    • 4.2 Government Policy Responses
    • 4.3 Fiscal Policy
    • 4.4 Social Protection
    • 4.5 Discussion
• Part II: Country Case Studies
  • 5. Greece: The Crisis, Austerity, and the Transformation of Welfare
    • 5.1 The Crisis
    • 5.2 The Social Impact of the Crisis
    • 5.3 Policy Responses to the Crisis
    • 5.4 Outcomes
    • 5.5 Financial Hardship during the Crisis
    • 5.6 Conclusions
  • 6. Spain: Economic Crisis and the Politics of Welfare under Austerity
    • 6.1 Growth Model with Feet of Clay: The Political Economy Context in Spain before the Crisis
    • 6.2 The Economic Crisis: Austerity and the Political Effort to Avoid Bailout
    • 6.3 Financial Hardship through the Crisis
    • 6.4 Role of the Welfare State in Tackling the Crisis
    • 6.5 Social Impact of the Crisis: Unemployment, Inequality, and Poverty
    • 6.6 Conclusions: The Condition of the Spanish Welfare State after Austerity
  • 7. Ireland: The Welfare State and the Crisis
    • 7.1 Political Economy Context at the Onset of the Crisis
    • 7.2 The Characteristics and Severity of the Crisis
    • 7.3 Financial Hardship through the Crisis
    • 7.4 The Overarching Strategy Pursued to Alleviate the Effects of the Crisis
    • 7.5 Impact and Outcomes
    • 7.6 Overview and Conclusion
  • 8. Iceland’s Strategy of Redistribution
    • 8.1 Introduction: The Political Economy Context
    • 8.2 Characteristics and Severity of the Crisis
    • 8.3 Financial Hardship through the Crisis
    • 8.4 The General Strategy of Dealing with the Crisis
    • 8.5 The Strategy of Redistribution
    • 8.6 Impact and Outcomes: How the Burdens were Shared
    • 8.7 Conclusions
  • 9. Finland: From the Deep Crisis of the 1990s to the Great Recession
    • 9.1 Background: The Two Crises
    • 9.2 The Anatomy of the Two Crises
    • 9.3 Policy Responses Then and Now
    • 9.4 Changes in Benefits and Taxation
    • 9.5 Economic and Social Consequences of the Recessions
    • 9.6 Increasing Competition, Increasing Individual Choices, Increasing Differences?
  • 10. UK: Changing Politics of Crisis Management
    • 10.1 Political Economy Context in the Lead-Up to the Crisis
    • 10.2 Governments’ Crisis Strategies
    • 10.3 Policies on Social Security
    • 10.4 Policies on Taxation
    • 10.5 Employment and Labour Market Policies
    • 10.6 Housing and Household Debt Policies
    • 10.7 Economic and Employment Position
    • 10.8 Incomes, Inequality, Housing, and Housing Debt
    • 10.9 Poverty and Material Deprivation
    • 10.10 Financial Hardships through the Crisis
    • 10.11 Gendered Effects of the Crisis and of Post-Crisis Measures
    • 10.12 Conclusions
  • 11. Denmark: The Welfare State as a Victim of Neoliberal Economic Failure?
    • 11.1 Economic and Political Context before the Crisis
    • 11.2 Nature and the Severity of the Crisis
    • 11.3 Financial Hardship Experiences through the Crisis
    • 11.4 Government Crisis Strategies
    • 11.5 Welfare and Tax Reforms
    • 11.6 Conclusion
  • 12. Norway: Averting Crisis through Coordination and Keynesian Welfare Policies
    • 12.1 The Political Economy Context
    • 12.2 The Self-Inflicted 1980s Crisis and the Responses to it
    • 12.3 Lessons from the 1980–90s Crises: Recalibration and Continuation in the New Century
    • 12.4 Riding out the Financial Crisis and the Oil-Price Plunge in 2014
    • 12.5 Financial Hardship through the Crisis Years
    • 12.6 Responses to Recent Turmoil: Coordination Restored, Solidarity Lost?
    • 12.7 Discussion and Conclusions
  • 13. Sweden: In Times of Two Crises
    • 13.1 Introduction
    • 13.2 Two Crises
    • 13.3 Financial Hardships during Two Crises
    • 13.4 Sweden’s Policy Responses
    • 13.5 The Consequences of the Crises and the Sharing of Burdens
    • 13.6 Beyond the Double Dip: Adequate Policies for Hard Times?
• Part III: Outcomes and Lessons
  • 14. How Institutional Environments and Policies Impacted Hardship
    • 14.1 How the Depth of the Crisis Related to Welfare Outcomes
    • 14.2 The Importance of the Welfare State
    • 14.3 Increased Welfare Expenditures during the Crisis
    • 14.4 The Modest Role of Affluence Level
    • 14.5 Relevance of Labour Market Regulation
    • 14.6 The Role of Government Responses during the Crisis
    • 14.7 Poverty Reduction and Redistribution
    • 14.8 Controlling for Depth of Crisis
    • 14.9 Summary
  • 15. Conclusions
    • 15.1 Varieties of Crisis Experiences
    • 15.2 How the Burdens were Shared
    • 15.3 How the Welfare State Made a Difference
    • 15.4 How Politics Mattered
    • 15.5 Crises and the Political Economy of Welfare Futures
• Appendix: Financial Hardship Indicator: Concept and Method
  • A.1 On Latent Class Analysis
  • A.2 Poverty, Economic Vulnerability, and Financial Hardship
  • A.3 Fitting the Model
  • A.4 Comparison of Indicators of Hardship
• References
• Index

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