In this harsh times for the world economies, I remembered a book review I’ve written a while ago from GØsta Esping-Andersen, with D.Gallie, A.Hemerijck and J.Myles: Why we need a New Welfare State?.

Why we need a new Welfare State? provides not only a new approach to analyze the citizen’s well-being, life prospects and expectations, but also intends to reinforce the idea of a unified redefinition of the European Social Model. Apart from that, the authors outline realistic solutions to the social risks associated to the modern’s paradigm. They make an individual diagnosis of each national situation, and according to that propose a common starting point -with similar challenges- for all the UE members. In this regard, they submit the Open Coordination method.

It’s interesting the classification they make of the different European Welfare State Models, their approach to the Gender and Generational Contract and their standpoint of a Child-Centred Social Investment Strategy . Read the review