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Author: Kees van Kersbergen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1107005639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKees van Kersbergen and Barbara Vis explain the political opportunities and constraints of welfare state reform in advanced democracies.
Author: Gosta Esping-Andersen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-05-29
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0745666752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, one of the most distinguished contributors to current debates on this issue, here provides a new analysis of the character and role of welfare states in the functioning of contemporary advanced western societies. Esping-Andersen distinguishes several major types of welfare state, connecting these with variations in the historical development of different western countries. Current economic processes, the author argues, such as those moving towards a post-industrial order, are not shaped by autonomous market forces but by the nature of states and state differences. Fully informed by comparative materials, this book will have great appeal to everyone working on issues of economic development and post-industrialism. Its audience will include students and academics in sociology, economics and politics.
Author: Ian Gough
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-02-26
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13: 9780521834193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a team of internationally respected experts, this book explores the conditions under which social policy, defined as the public pursuit of secure welfare, operates in the poorer regions of the world. Social policy in advanced capitalist countries operates through state intervention to compensate for the inadequate welfare outcomes of the labour market. Such welfare regimes cannot easily be reproduced in poorer regions of the world where states suffer problems of governance and labour markets are imperfect and partial. Other welfare regimes therefore prevail involving non-state actors such as landlords, moneylenders and patrons. This book seeks to develop a conceptual framework for understanding different types of welfare regime in a range of countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa and makes an important contribution to the literature by breaking away from the traditional focus on Europe and North America.
Author: Jon Eivind Kolberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-07-25
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 131549051X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the interaction between labour markets and the welfare state at the institutional level. Topics discussed include the legislative structuring of programmes, how the characteristics of programmes have changed over time, and the private and public mix of programmes.
Author: Franz-Xaver Kaufmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-11-15
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 3642225497
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the burgeoning literature on welfare regimes and typologies, this comparative study offers a stimulating new perspective. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, emphasizes norms, culture and history, in contrast to political economy approaches. Comparing Britain, Sweden, France and Germany, Kaufmann highlights the „idiosyncrasy” of each welfare state: countries are compared with regard to their state traditions and the relationship between state and civil society; their national “social questions”; their economic systems, including the unions and labour law; social security and redistribution; and their personal social services and education. The socio-cultural approach enables Kaufmann to show that not all modern states are welfare states. Some are just „capitalism“ (the USA), others are „socialism“ (the former Soviet Union). In this light, the (essentially North-West European) welfare state is portrayed as a third way between capitalism and socialism.
Author: Nick Ellison
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-04-07
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1134765703
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Globalization', institutions and welfare regimes -- The challenge of globalization -- Globalization and welfare regime change -- Towards workfare? : changing labour market policies -- Labour market policies in social democratic and continental regimes -- Population ageing, GEPs and changing pensions systems -- Pensions policies in continental and social regimes -- Conclusion : welfare regimes in a liberalizing world.
Author: David Garland
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0199672660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Very Short Introduction discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, and comparative perspective, David Garland brings a new understanding to familiar debates, policies, and institutions.
Author: Paul Pierson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780198297567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe welfare states of the affluent democracies now stand at the centre of political discussion and social conflict. In this text, an international team of leading analysts reject simplistic claims about the impact of economic globalization.
Author: David Brady
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 937
ISBN-13: 0199914052
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty builds a common scholarly ground in the study of poverty by bringing together an international, inter-disciplinary group of scholars to provide their perspectives on the issue. Contributors engage in discussions about the leading theories and conceptual debates regarding poverty, the most salient topics in poverty research, and the far-reaching consequences of poverty on the individual and societal level.
Author: Kees van Kersbergen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1134818343
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
