Changing patterns of social protection / Neil Gilbert, Rebecca A. Van Voorhis, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilbert, Neil.

Van Voorhis, Rebecca.

Series:

International social security series ; v. 9.

International social security series ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Cross-cultural studies.

Public welfare.

Social security.

Social policy--Cross-cultural studies.

Social policy.

Social security--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

vii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

1. Recent Developments in the German Welfare State: Basic Continuity or a Paradigm Shift? / Jens Alber 9

2. Remaking the Welfare State in New Zealand / Ross Mackay 75

3. The French System of Social Protection: Path Dependencies and Societal Coherence / Jean-Claude Barbier, Bruno Theret 119

4. New Directions for the British Welfare State / Linda Bauld, Ken Judge, Iain Paterson 169

5. Social Welfare under Advanced Capitalism: The U.S. Response / Rebecca A. Van Voorhis 219

6. Back on Track

To the Future? The Making and Remaking of the Swedish Welfare State in the 1990s / Sven E. O. Hort 239

7. Social Security and Welfare in the Netherlands Before and After the Year 2000 / Piet Keizer 277

8. Half Way Through the Ford: The Italian Welfare State at the Start of the New Century / Valeria Fargion 309.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765809893

OCLC:

51266342