The Study of Welfare State Regimes
The Study of Welfare State Regimes

Author: Jon Eivind Kolberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-25

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 131549051X

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Examines 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.

Investigating Welfare State Change
Investigating Welfare State Change

Author: Jochen Clasen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1847206913

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Contemporary accounts of welfare state change have produced conflicting findings and incompatible theoretical explanations. By discussing the most salient aspects of the 'dependent variable problem', this work offers suggestions as to how the problem might be tackled within empirical cross-national analyses of modern welfare states.

Worlds of Taxation
Worlds of Taxation

Author: Gisela Huerlimann

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-07-27

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 3319902636

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This book provides a historical understanding of current debates over tax reform and offers a comparative framework for discussing the relationship between fiscal policy and the distribution of income and wealth. Topics covered include the evolution of income taxation since World War II; the turn toward value added taxation; the relationship between tax reform and the construction of welfare states; the impact of globalization on tax and fiscal policy; the social forces shaping tax consent; and the political economy of tax and fiscal reform. These topics are covered in case studies that focus on significant episodes in the fiscal history of Denmark, Sweden, France, Greece, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and Japan.

Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions
Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2010-03-12

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0309140781

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Today in the United States, the professional health workforce is not consistently prepared to provide high quality health care and assure patient safety, even as the nation spends more per capita on health care than any other country. The absence of a comprehensive and well-integrated system of continuing education (CE) in the health professions is an important contributing factor to knowledge and performance deficiencies at the individual and system levels. To be most effective, health professionals at every stage of their careers must continue learning about advances in research and treatment in their fields (and related fields) in order to obtain and maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills in caring for their patients. Many health professionals regularly undertake a variety of efforts to stay up to date, but on a larger scale, the nation's approach to CE for health professionals fails to support the professions in their efforts to achieve and maintain proficiency. Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions illustrates a vision for a better system through a comprehensive approach of continuing professional development, and posits a framework upon which to develop a new, more effective system. The book also offers principles to guide the creation of a national continuing education institute.