Transformation of the welfare state : the silent surrender of public responsibility
In this work, Neil Gilbert argues that the changes in welfare policy we are witnessing in Europe and the US are not marginal adjustments to the borders of the welfare state, but represent a fundamental shift in the philosophy of social protection
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Introduction ; Part I: Currents of change: New course or marginal adjustment?
Toward the enabling state ; Part II: Lines of convergence: Protection to inclusion: promoting work
State to market: subsidizing private activity
Universal to selective: targeting benefits
Citizenship to membership: restoring solidarity? ; Part III: Social implications: The triumph of capitalism, and its discontents