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European Capitalist Welfare Societies

The Challenge of Sustainability

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  • © 2012

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  1. Patricia Frericks

    1. Hamburg University, Germany

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  2. Robert Maier

    1. Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction and overview: Capitalist welfare societies

    • Patricia Frericks, Robert Maier
    Pages 1-27

  3. Social entitlements and the institutionalisation of welfare arrangements

    • Patricia Frericks, Robert Maier
    Pages 28-49

  4. Linking the concept of life course to the concept of capitalist welfare societies

    • Patricia Frericks, Robert Maier
    Pages 50-69

  5. The concept of ecology of life course in a society

    • Patricia Frericks, Robert Maier
    Pages 70-90

  6. Positioning of women within capitalist welfare societies

    • Patricia Frericks, Robert Maier
    Pages 91-125

  7. Positioning of migrants within capitalist welfare societies

    • Patricia Frericks, Robert Maier
    Pages 126-173

  8. Conclusion and Discussion

    • Patricia Frericks, Robert Maier
    Pages 174-194

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 195-223
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This book offers an analysis of European capitalist welfare societies, centering on the questions of sustainability and the financing of social rights. Capitalism is defined as a multi-model economy, comprising of a market economy (including production, distribution and exchange), a state welfare economy (based on compulsory transfers, such as taxes and social contributions), a household economy and a voluntary economy. The resources for the welfare economy are produced by some activities of the life course, and used by other activities, once rights over these resources are acquired. Setting out a new conceptual framework that integrates an adapted version of the theory of instituted economic processes with the changing structuration of the life course in European countries, the book argues that European capitalist welfare societies are not sustainable in their present form and that the future financing of social rights is conditional on substantial transformations. The book also analyzes relevant data on the socio-economic positioning of women and migrants.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hamburg University, Germany

    Patricia Frericks

  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Robert Maier

About the authors

PATRICIA FRERICKS is Assistant Professor at Hamburg University, Germany. She has previously published Setting Rights: Resources Flows, Life-Course Norms and the Dynamics of Citizenship in European Pension Systems.
ROBERT MAIER Professor at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. His previous publications include Citizenship and Identity, Sociogenesis Re-examined and Dialogues in and Around Multicultural Schools.

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