ATTITUDES, ASPIRATIONS AND WELFARE

This edited collection uses democratic forums to study what people want from the welfare state in five European countries. The forum method yields new insights into how people frame social issues, their priorities and acceptable solutions. This is the first time d emocratic forums have been used as a research tool in this field.The contributors research show that most people recognize growing inequality, population ageing, paying for health care and pensions, social care and immigration as areas where the welfare state fac es real ch...[Read more]