Welfare states in transition : national adaptations in global economies / edited by Gosta Esping-Andersen.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Esping-Andersen, Gøsta, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Welfare economics.
• Welfare state.
• International economic relations.
• Social policy.

Physical Description:

xii, 276 ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Sage Publications, published in association with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 1996.

Summary:

• This wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary and future changes in welfare states looks at the different trajectories of the welfare states of Europe, North America, the Antipodes, and the emerging scenarios in Latin America, East Asia and Central and Eastern Europe.
• Leading experts on each of these regions examine the current structures of social protection, consider the causes of the current welfare state crisis and highlight evolving trends for welfare policy. Different welfare states are shown to manifest different forms of crisis. Among the symptoms of crisis, Welfare States in Transition suggests that the effect of popluation ageing is exaggerated, and an at least equally fundamental challenge lies in

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 0761950478
• 0761950486

OCLC:

35134878