Growth to limits : the Western European welfare states since world war II. Vol. 2 : Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language. Preface Table of Contents Introduction Germany United Kingdom Ireland Italy Appendix: Pension politics and pension policy in Italy: an institutional analysis of pension bills and laws Authors’ biographical sketches Growth to The Western European Welfare States Since World War II : Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy In terms of expenditure on social programmes, Germany certainly qualifies as a modern welfare state.