Gizelis, Theodora-Ismene, <br/><br/>
Globalisation, integration and the future of European welfare states / 
Theodora-Ismene Gizelis. 
 - viii, 173 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-169) and index. 
<br/><br/>Challenges to the European welfare states -- The welfare state and political stability -- Challenges to the modern European welfare states -- European welfare states in a comparative setting -- The European Union and the welfare state -- The future of the welfare state in Europe. 
<br/><br/> Argues that the welfare state cannot be understood purely as a set of social policy arrangements but must be seen as a political institution intended to achieve certain political objectives, including decreasing risk of political instability. However, aging populations and increasing economic globalization and integration create tensions between social and political objectives. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0719081106 9780719081101 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011410176 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Welfare state--Europe
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Politics and government<br/>Europe--Economic conditions<br/>Europe--Social conditions
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC479  / .G57 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.65094