The Prospects of the European Welfare State – Review and Problems. Challenge for the Left

Contents LUTZ BRANGSCH AND CORNELIA HILDEBRANDT: The Prospects of the European Welfare State. Review and Problems ANDRÉ BRIE: European Social Policy: The Demolition of the Social State, Historical Roots and Processes. Current Developments. Appendix: Eight Theses for an Alternative from the Left HANS-JÜRGEN BIELING: The New European Economy and Social Welfare Reform JOSÉ CAUDRON: Reforms for Progress and Effectiveness of the Social Security System in France and in the European Union THANIASIS MANIATIS: The Welfare State in Greece SUSANA LÒPEZ AND ELVIRA SALCE: The Process of Social Divergence between Spain and Europe and its Perspectives in the European Union FELIPE ROBERTO PIZZUTI: Labour Cost, Social Security and Employment Severance Funds STEFAN SJÖBERG: The Swedish Experience: The Decline of the “People’s Home” LUTZ BRANGSCH: European Social Policy: The Demolition of the Social State. Historical Roots and Processes. Current Developments. Basic Social Security as a Political Concept and Socio-Political Problem. ASBJØRN WAHL: The Ideological Legacy of the Social Pact ASBJØRN WAHL: Broad Alliance for the Welfare Stat