Into the Promised Land

Issues Facing the Welfare State
Herausgeber: Ben-Arieh, Asher; Gal, John

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ben-Arieh and Gal draw together a collection of original essays by leading researchers on issues of major importance to all welfare states, alongside a special focus on developments in the Israeli welfare state. The essays dealing directly with issues pertaining to the Israeli welfare state represent an original attempt to present a full picture of Israeli social policy. By focusing on the politics and the making of social policy in a variety of countries, the essays contribute to a better understanding of the development and issues facing welfare states around the world. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with social welfare and social policy issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9780275969059
• ISBN-10: 0275969053
• Artikelnr.: 25566097

Autorenporträt

ASHER BEN-ARIEH is Associate Director for Research and Development at the National Council for the Child in Israel and heads its Center for Research and Public Education. He is a faculty member of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since 1990 he has been the project director and editor of the annual State of the Child in Israel-A Statistical Abstract. JOHN GAL is Lecturer in Social Policy at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on subjects dealing with poverty and unemployment, social security, and social welfare in Israel and in a comparative context. Among other publications, he has edited a volume dealing with child poverty in Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Perspectives on the Welfare State Normative and Consequentialist
Arguments for the Welfare State by Ian Gough Welfare States, Universal
Human Needs and Objective Human Welfare: Some Social Science and
Socio-legal Perspectives by John Carrier and Ian Kendall Representation of
Gender Equality Issues in Liberal Welfare States in the Context of
Restructuring by Julia O'Connor Exclusion, Solidarity and the Challenge of
Globalization by Graham Room Fifty Years of Social Security Policy Making:
A Participant's Journey by Abraham Doron Issues in the Study of the Isreali
Welfare State Issues and Developments in the Israeli Welfare State by Jack
Habib Values, Categorical Benefits and Categorical Legacies in the Israeli
Welfare State by John Gal Does the Knesset Matter? MK's Influence on the
Making of Social Policy in Israel by Asher Ben-Arieh Democracy for the
People? Welfare Policy Making in Israel by Yael Yishai Issues in the
Development of the Welfare State Social Protection in the Post-War Era: The
OECD Experience by Francis Castles Privatization and Commercialization in a
Global Context by Ernie Lightman Dominance, Contest and Reframing by Martin
Rein Troublesome Targeting: On the Multilevel Causes of Non-Take-Up by Wim
Van Oorschot The Future of Social Policy Making by Hugh Heclo Index