Gosta Esping-Andersen (ed.)

Welfare States in Transition

National Adaptations in Global Economies
Herausgeber: Esping-Andersen, Gosta

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Produktbeschreibung

This text provides a comparative analysis of contemporary and future changes in welfare states, looking at the different patterns found in Europe, North America, the Antipodes, and the emerging scenarios in Latin America, East Asia and Central and Eastern Europe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780761950486
• ISBN-10: 0761950486
• Artikelnr.: 21446062

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Dharam Ghai
After the Golden Age? Welfare State Dilemmas in a Global Economy -
G[sl]osta Esping-Andersen
PART ONE: DECLINE OR RENEWAL IN THE ADVANCED WELFARE STATES?
The Scandinavian Welfare States - John D Stephens
Achievements, Crisis and Prospects
Welfare States without Work - G[sl]osta Esping-Andersen
The Impasse of Labour Shedding and Familialism in Continental European
Social Policy
Needs-Based Strategies of Social Protection in Australia and New Zealand -
Francis G Castles
When Markets Fail - John Myles
Social Welfare in Canada and the United States
PART TWO: EMERGING NEW WELFARE STATES?
Options for Social Policy in Latin America - Evelyne Huber
Neoliberal versus Social Democratic Models
The East Asian Welfare States - Roger Goodman and Ito Peng
Peripatetic Learning, Adaptive Change and Nation-Building
Social Protection in Central and Eastern Europe - Guy Standing
A Tale of Slipping Anchors and Torn Safety Nets
CONCLUSION
Positive-Sum Solutions in a World of Trade-Offs? - G[sl]osta
Esping-Andersen