Welfare States in a Turbulent Era

In a Turbulent Era series

Edited by Bent Greve, Professor in Social Science, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark

This insightful book provides a systematic analysis of the development of affluent Western welfare states in this turbulent era. It explores the consequences for welfare states of modern crises such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. Most importantly, it investigates how to prioritize scarce resources in the face of many competing demands and argues that there is an urgent need to improve crisis funding whilst at the same time maintaining provision for vulnerable groups.

This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

‘With chapters offering essential insights into a wide range of cross-cutting challenges currently facing welfare states, Welfare States in a Turbulent Era will help students and scholars make sense of the complexities of social policy making in the wake of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic.’
– Daniel Clegg, University of Edinburgh, UK

‘In uncertain and turbulent times, a concise and encompassing introduction to emerging and challenging themes is a welcome contribution to the fast-changing landscape of (Western) welfare studies. The authors disentangle the complexity behind the issues and provide the reader with an insight of what is ultimately at stake.’
– Yuri Kazepov, University of Vienna, Austria