The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems

Christian Aspalter

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781000995275
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Sozialwissenschaften
• Subtopic: Soziologie

Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research, the term "welfare state systems" has many advantages, as there are numerous different types/models of welfare state systems around the world.

This revised and expanded second edition brings together leading experts to discuss social policy in 32 countries/regions around the world: from the most advanced welfare state systems in Scandinavia and Western Central Europe to the developing powers of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Russia.

Country-specific chapters provide in general a historical overview, discuss major characteristics of the welfare state system, and analyze country-specific problems, as well as critical current and future trends for further discussions, while also providing one (additional) major focal point/issue for greater in-depth analysis.

Including new country case studies on Mali, South Africa, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Vietnam, this book is reframed around urgent contemporary issues including migration and rising social inequalities, LGBTQIA+ rights, universal basic income, and transboundary social policy.

It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of social policy, social development, development economists and health economists, experts in public policy, health policy (including mental health policy), housing policy, education policy, family policy, cis- and trans-gender policy, migration and population policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, as well as social policy and public policy makers and administrators.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Foreword
• 1 To Save Humanity We Need to Investigate the Whole World: An Introduction
• 2 Ten Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Theory: A Springboard for Global Research
• 3 Future Welfare: A Polarized World
• 4 The Australian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Welfare Conditionality—The Case of the Income Management System
• 5 The American Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Asset- and Means-Tested Social Assistance Programs
• 6 The Cuban Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Universalism
• 7 The Mexican Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Conditional Cash Transfer Systems
• 8 The Chilean Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Social Security Privatization
• 9 The Brazilian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Outcomes and Performance of the Welfare State System
• 10 The Malian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Transboundary Social Policy
• 11 The Nigerian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Challenges of Developing a Social Security System
• 12 The South African Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Universal Basic Income
• 13 The UK Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Mental Health Care System
• 14 The Icelandic Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Gender Equality and LGBTQIA+
• 15 The Swedish Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Inequality and the Redistribution Paradox
• 16 The French Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Youth Unemployment
• 17 The Belgian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on “Targeting Within Universalism”
• 18 The German Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Old-Age Pension System
• 19 The Austrian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Long-Term Care System
• 20 The Swiss Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Education Policy
• 21 The Spanish Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Social Protection of Immigrant Populations
• 22 The Italian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Social Inequalities
• 23 The Greek Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Housing Affordability and Homelessness
• 24 The Russian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Regional Inequality
• 25 The Turkish Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Human Capital Development
• 26 The Israeli Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Poverty and Inequality
• 27 The Indian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Health Outcomes in Comparative Perspective
• 28 The Indonesian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Social Security Extension in the Development Context
• 29 The Singaporean Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Public Housing and the Central Provident Fund
• 30 The Vietnamese Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Old-Age Income Maintenance System
• 31 The Chinese Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Aging of Society and Social Policy
• 32 The Hong Kong Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Complimentary Social Welfare Initiatives
• 33 The Taiwanese Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Universal Health Insurance System
• 34 The South Korean Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Future of Social Insurance Systems
• 35 The Japanese Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Financing Social Security in a Super-Super-Aged Society
• 36 Lessons for the Future of Social Policy and for Humanity: By Way of Conclusion
• Index