Ageing and the Transition to Retirement ― A Comparative Analysis of European Welfare States

The European demographic shift towards population aging and the decrease in the labor force participation of older workers pose a number of challenges for European welfare states in financing the transition from work to retirement and in the on the economy of a declining workforce. Editors Maltby (social policy, U. of Birmingham, UK), de Vroom(sociology, U. of Twente, the Netherlands), Mirabile (welfare and citizenship rights, Economic and Social Research Institute, Italy), and O>verbye (social research, NOVA, Norway) present 12 comparative national studies of these social and institutional issues in Western and Central European countries. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tony Maltby is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the Institute of Applied Social Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK; Bert De Vroom is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands; Maria Luisa Mirabile works for IRES (Economic and Social Research Institute) in Rome, Italy; and Einar A?verbye is Senior Researcher for NOVA (Norwegian Social Research) in Oslo, Norway.