Institutions For Social Well Being: Alternatives For Europe

Institutions for Social Well-Being This page intentionally left blank Institutions for Social Well-Being Alternatives for Europe Edited by Lilia Costabile Selection and editorial matter © Lilia Costabile Individual chapters © Contributors 2008 2008 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13: 978 0 230 53806 1 ISBN-10: 0 230 53806 1 hardback hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Institutions for social well being : alternatives for Europe / edited by Lilia Costabile. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 230 53806 1 (alk. paper) 1. Social indicators Europe. 2. Well-being Europe. 3. Quality of life Europe. I. Costabile, Lilia. HN374.I67 2008 306.3094’09045 dc22 2008011806 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne Contents List of Tables vii List of Figures ix Preface x Notes on Contributors xi Introduction Lilia Costabile 1 1 European Union Social Policy in a Globalising Context Anthony B. Atkinson 2 Conditions of Social Vulnerability, Work and Low Income: Evidence for Europe in Comparative Perspective Teresa Munzi and Timothy Smeeding 3 The Enforcement–Equality Trade-off Samuel Bowles and Arjun Jayadev 4 Insurance, Redistribution and the Welfare state: Economic Theory and International Comparisons Roberto Artoni and Alessandra Casarico 15 33 74 95 5 Social Models, Growth and Key Currencies Lilia Costabile and Roberto Scazzieri 126 6 Care Regimes and the European Employment Rate Francesca Bettio and Janneke Plantenga 152 7 The Swedish Model in the Era of Integration and Globalisation Björn Gustafsson 8 Cultural Diversity and Economic S