Labor divided in the postwar European welfare state : the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

Labor divided in the postwar European welfare state : the Netherlands and the United Kingdom / Dennie Oude Nijhuis.

This book looks at the success of attempts to expand the boundaries of the postwar welfare state in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nijhuis, Dennie Oude, 1979-
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Labor unions > Netherlands > History > 20th century.
Labor unions > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Social security > Netherlands > History > 20th century.
Social security > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Welfare state > Netherlands > History > 20th century.
Welfare state > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Labor unions
Social security
Welfare state
Verzorgingsstaat.
Werkgeversorganisaties.
Arbeidsverhoudingen.
Great Britain
Netherlands
Nederland.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; cover_blank.pdf; Labor Divided in the Postwar European Welfare State; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; A Note on Sources; 1 Labor and the Development of the Postwar Welfare State; Revisiting the Role of Labor in Welfare State Development; Union Structure and the Emergence of the Public and Private Welfare State; The Organization of This Book; 2 Labor Divided; Revisiting British Voluntarism; Shaping Solidarity: Union Structure and the Representation of Workers' Interests; Unions, Employers, and the Notion of the Social Wage.
  • Looking Ahead3 The Development of Old Age Pensions in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom; Solidarity versus Egalitarianism: Comparing Pension Reform in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom; Labor Unions and the Rejection of a Redistributive Contributory Pension Scheme in the United Kingdom; Unions, Employers, and the Move Toward Full Subsistence Pensions in the Netherlands; A Final Note on Employers; 4 The Development of Unemployment Insurance in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom; Toward Superannuation for the Unemployed in the United Kingdom.
  • The Economic Benefits of Unemployment CompensationThe Introduction of the Earnings-Related Supplementary Scheme; From Bismarck to the Social Insurance in the Netherlands; From Grant to Right: Introduction of the Unemployment Provision; 5 The Development of Disability Insurance in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom; The Trades Union Congress and the Industrial Preference; The Evolution of Public Protection from Non-Work-Related Disabilities in the United Kingdom; Toward a Single Disability Insurance Program for All Disabled People in the Netherlands.
  • The General Disability Act and Inclusion of the Self-Employed6 Union Solidarity and the Use of Social Security for Early Retirement Purposes in the Netherlands; Explaining the Extraordinary Exit of Elderly Workers from the Dutch Labor Market; The Dutch Disability Insurance Program and Exit from the Labor Market; Early Exit Through the Dutch Unemployment System; The Introduction of Industry-wide Early Retirement Schemes; 7 Conclusions and Implications; Occupational Unionism and the Emergence of Divided Welfare States; Union Structure and Labor Market Development; Mapping Social Solidarity.

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