New Books of the Asian Association for Social Welfare
Understanding European Social Policy (Casa Verde, 2008)
edited by Peter Abrahamson and Christian Aspalter
Table of Contents
1. "European Social Policy: An Introduction" (Christian Aspalter and Peter Abrahamson)
2. "The Contrast of Welfare Regimes: American Penal Policy Versus European Social Policy"
(Josef Weidenholzer and Christian Aspalter)3. "The Social Dimenson of the European Union" (Peter Abrahamson)
4. "Gender Models and European Social Policy " (Gillian Pascall)
5. "Aging, Risk and Welfare in Europe" (Jason Powell and Azrini Wahidin)
6. "European Welfare States in Transition: The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden"
(Christian Aspalter)7. "European Welfare States in Transition: Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary" (Kim Jinsoo
and Park Sojeung)
8. "The Danish Welfare State: A Social Rights Perspective " (Peter Abrahamson)
9. "Drugs, Prostitution and the Swedish Welfare State" (Arthur Gould)
10. "From Welfare Laggard to Welfare Leader" (Dominique Wang and Christian Aspalter)
11. "Feminization of Poverty: Lessons from Albania" (Enkeleida Tajiraj)
12. "Gendering the Welfare State: The Issue of Carework Salaries in Germany" (Michael Opielka)
13. "Children Leaving Care: 'Corporate Parenting' and Social Exclusion in the United Kingdom"
(Jim Goddard)14. "Aging, Family Policy and Narrative: Lessons from the UK" (Jason Powell)
15. "Corporate Crime, Aging, and Pensions in the UK" (Jason Powell and Azrini Wahidin)





