| Can the Welfare State Compete?: A Comparative Study of Five Advanced Capitalist Countries 1991 Edition Contributor(s): Gough, Ian (Editor), Pfaller, Alfred (Editor), Therborn, Goran (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0333487559 ISBN-13: 9780333487556 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 330 |
| LCCN: 91184843 |
| Series: Comparative Study of Five Advanced Capitalist Countries |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.35 lbs) 354 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The authors examine how the USA, Great Britain, France, Sweden and Germany have responded to the increasing challenge of international competition since the mid-1970s. Apart from in Sweden, the pursuit of competitiveness has undermined economic and social citizenship rights, and this has, in Britain and the USA, engendered an assault upon the idea of the welfare state. Solidarity and social discipline will be severely tested if the welfare state is to remain economically and politically viable in a highly competitive modern world. |