Download or read book Welfare States in a Turbulent Era written by Bent Greve and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.