Welfare As We Knew It
Welfare As We Knew It

Author: Charles Noble

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1997-09-11

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0195354435

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Compared to other rich Western democracies, the U.S. does less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. In Welfare As We Knew It, Charles Noble offers a groundbreaking explanation of why America is so different. Drawing on research in comparative politics, history, and sociology, he demonstrates that deeply-rooted political factors, not public opinion, have limited what reformers have been able to accomplish. Rich historical analysis covering the Wilson administration to the present is followed by a provocative look at future U. S. social policy. Reformers who want government to do more, Noble argues, must refocus their activities on political and institutional change, such as campaign finance and labor-law reform, if they hope to succeed. Taut, comprehensive, and accessible, with a much-needed international perspective, this book will change the way we look at U. S. social policy.

The Welfare State and Its Aftermath
The Welfare State and Its Aftermath

Author: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780389205296

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This book surveys the creation and existence of the welfare state in the developed economies, analyzes ways in which problems have emerged, and suggests possibilities for reform.

Evaluating the Welfare State
Evaluating the Welfare State

Author: Shimon E. Spiro

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1483258009

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Evaluating the Welfare State: Social and Political Perspectives together with its companion Social Policy Evaluation: An Economic Perspective is the outgrowth of an international and interdisciplinary conference on policy evaluation held at Tel Aviv University in December 1980. The conference brought together scholars from the fields of economics, sociology, political science, social work, and administration. The papers presented at this conference approached the welfare state and social policy evaluation from a number of different theoretical and methodological perspectives. A selection of these papers has been included in this volume. The book is divided into five parts. Part I is devoted to the political antecedents and consequences of the welfare state and to the social and psychological processes that affect the development of social policies and reactions to them. Part II analyzes the discontinuity between policies that are the subject of public debate, and the programs that affect the well-being of populations and the distribution of resources. The chapters in Parts III and IV present current developments in the practice of evaluation and explore the frontiers of this field. Part V focuses on the relationship of evaluation to policymaking. This involves examinations of the culture of political debates, the nature of choices facing policymakers, and the impact of research on policy.

The End of the Welfare State?
The End of the Welfare State?

Author: Stefan Svallfors

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1134621213

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Throughout the world, politicians from all the main parties are cutting back on state welfare provision, encouraging people to use the private sector instead and developing increasingly stringent techniques for the surveillance of the poor. Almost all experts agree that we are likely to see further constraints on state welfare in the 21st Century. Gathering together the findings from up-to-date attitude surveys in Europe East and West, the US and Australasia, this revealing book shows that, contrary to the claims of many experts and policy-makers, the welfare state is still highly popular with the citizens of most countries. This evidence will add to controversy in an area of fundamental importance to public policy and to current social science debate.

Beyond the Welfare State
Beyond the Welfare State

Author: Sirvan Karimi

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1487500416

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In Beyond the Welfare State, Sirvan Karimi utilizes a synthesis of Marxian class analysis and the power resources model to provide an analytical foundation for the divergent pattern of public pension systems in Canada and Australia.