| Welfare States in Transition: National Adaptations in Global Economies Contributor(s): Esping-Andersen, Gosta (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0761950486 ISBN-13: 9780761950486 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $81.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: Published in Association with UNRISD, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development This wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary and future changes in welfare states examines the different trajectories of the welfare states of Europe, North America, the Antipodes, and the emerging scenarios in Latin America, East Asia, and central and eastern Europe. Leading experts from these regions explore the current structures of social protection, consider the causes of the current welfare state crisis, and highlight evolving trends for welfare policy. The emerging picture is one of varied policy choices in each region. Contributors argue that anxieties about population aging as a cause of welfare decline are exaggerated and that the key issue for welfare states is enabling women to work and form families simultaneously. They suggest that the neoliberal strategy of deregulation and heightened inequality is no real solution because its negative side effects. The authors conclude that a viable positive-sum solution would involve social investment strategies, offering guarantees against entrapment in poverty or low-paying jobs. Professionals and researchers in comparative social policy, sociology, economics and political science will find Welfare States in Transition an invaluable resource. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 361.65 |
| LCCN: 96068418 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.82" W x 9.04" (1.05 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary and future changes in welfare states looks at the different trajectories of the welfare states of Europe, North America, the Antipodes, and the emerging scenarios in Latin America, East Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. Leading experts on each of these regions examine the current structures of social protection, consider the causes of the current welfare state crisis and highlight evolving trends for welfare policy. Different welfare states are shown to manifest different forms of crisis. Among the symptoms of crisis, Welfare States in Transition suggests that the effect of popluation ageing is exaggerated, and an at least equally fundamental challenge lies in |
Contributor Bio(s): Esping-Andersen, Gosta: - G[sl]osta Esping-Andersen is Professor of Comparative Social Systems at the University of Trento. He is the author of Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism (1990) and Politics against Markets (1985), and the editor of Changing Classes (1993) CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Francis G Castles ANU Canberra Roger Goodman University of Oxford Ito Peng University of Oxford Guy Standing ILO GenevaEsping-Andersen, Gosta: - G[sl]osta Esping-Andersen is Professor of Comparative Social Systems at the University of Trento. He is the author of "Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism" (1990) and "Politics against Markets" (1985), and the editor of "Changing Classes" (1993) CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Francis G Castles "ANU Canberra "Roger Goodman "University of Oxford "Ito Peng "University of Oxford "Guy Standing" ILO Geneva |
