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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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2005

ISBN

9780230554917

Topic

Economics

Subtopic

Economic Theory

Index

Economics

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