Welfare States and the Future
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Welfare States and the Future

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Welfare States and the Future

About this book

This volume presents a thought provoking analysis of key welfare state issues engaging policy makers across the globe. It provides a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the state of welfare states- developed and developing. It maps the diversity of welfare regimes across the world and brings to fore the particularities and nuances that characterise them. The book also focuses on the on-going reforms and makes a powerful case for the increased relevance of the welfare state in a globalizing era.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9781403943644
eBook ISBN
9780230554917
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Economic Theory
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Welfare States and the Future
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Notes on the Contributors
  7. Chapter 1 Introduction: Welfare States and the Future
  8. Chapter 2 Welfare States in Perspective
  9. Chapter 3 Economic Foundations of Welfare State Systems
  10. Chapter 4 A World Economy Based on the Welfare State Principle
  11. Chapter 5 Globalization and Welfare States
  12. Chapter 6 The British Welfare State: Development and Challenges
  13. Chapter 7 The Welfare State System in France
  14. Chapter 8 The Welfare State in Postwar Germany
  15. Chapter 9 The Welfare State in Austria
  16. Chapter 10 The Swedish Welfare State and New Challenges
  17. Chapter 11 Political Economy of the Finnish Welfare State
  18. Chapter 12 Challenges Facing the Danish Welfare State
  19. Chapter 13 Modernization of the European Model of Social Protection
  20. Chapter 14 Recent Welfare Reforms in the United States
  21. Chapter 15 Canada’s Changing Welfare State
  22. Chapter 16 Welfare Designs and Peripheral Realities: The Brazilian Dilemma
  23. Chapter 17 South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Welfare State
  24. Chapter 18 The Welfare State in Japan and China: Development and Challenges
  25. Chapter 19 The Welfare State System in India
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index

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