[Abstract]: The recession that started in the United States in December 2007 has had a significant impact on the Spanish economy through a large increase in the unemployment rate and a long recession which led to tough ...

[Resumen] El sistema de Previsión Social que desarrolló el franquismo obedeció a una serie de objetivos políticos sociales que se tradujeron a largo plazo en un complejo y confuso sistema de Seguridad Social a finales de ...

[Abstract]: In general, healthcare, along with diet, has historically been an essential component of life and a country's welfare. In particular, a country’s hospital system is a key indicator for analysing the level of ...

[Resumen:] Este trabajo persigue como principal objetivo analizar cómo se gestaron y se debatieron en el Parlamento las bases del actual modelo sanitario español desde el inicio de la transición democrática hasta la ...

[Abstract]: This article discusses the role of employers and their organizations in promoting or hindering social insurance schemes and, ultimately, the welfare state. Unlike most studies that center on countries in ...

[Abstract]: This paper stems from the book Origins of American Health Insurance: A History of Industrial Sickness Funds, published by John Murray in 2007, which has served as a basic reference point for our research work ...

[Abstract:]This article analyzes the basic characteristics of the labor and social policies of the Franco dictatorship established in Spain after the Civil War (1936-1939), and the links which existed between them. The ...

[Abstract]: Over the last century, Western countries have undergone a process of medicalisation and hospitalisation of childbirth. This process led to the subordination of midwives to doctors’ authority and made the ...