A handbook of comparative social policy / edited by Patricia Kennett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kennett, Patricia, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xvi, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Comparative social policy

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2004]

Contents:

Introduction: the changing context of comparative social policy / Patricia Kennett 1

Part I The State and Social Policy in a Globalizing World

1 Hollowing out the 'nation-state' and multi-level governance / Bob Jessop 11

2 Globalization, the state and welfare: gendering the debate / Jill Steans 26

3 Globalization, human security and social policy: North and South / Andres Perez-Baltodano 50

4 Social protection by other means: can it survive globalization? / Ramesh Mishra 68

5 Defining comparative social policy / Jochen Clasen 91

6 Conceptualizing state and society / Graham Crow 103

7 The ethnocentric construction of the welfare state / Alan Walker, Chack-kie Wong 116

8 The paradox of care: a Chinese Confucian perspective on long-term care / Julia Tao 131

Part III Comparing and Categorizing Social Policy, Provision and Redistribution

9 Robin Hood, St Matthew, or simple egalitarianism? Strategies of equality in welfare states / Walter Korpi, Joakim Palme 153

10 Gender, citizenship and welfare state regimes / Julia S. O'Connor 180

11 Structured diversity: a framework for critically comparing welfare states? / Norman Ginsburg 201

12 Social development and social welfare: implications for social policy / James Midgley 217

13 Social policy regimes in the developing world / Ian Gough 239

Part IV The Research Process

14 Crossing cultural boundaries / Linda Hantrais 261

15 Living with imperfect comparisons / Else Oyen 276

16 Constructing categories and data collection / Patricia Kennett 292

17 'Fit for purpose?' Qualitative methods in comparative social policy / Steen Mangen 307

18 The quantitative method in comparative research / Mattei Dogan 324

Part V Themes and Issues

19 The international and comparative analysis of social exclusion: European perspectives / Graham Room 341

20 Shelter, housing and inequality / Ray Forrest 355

21 Globalization and crime / David Nelken 373

22 Informational society, e-governance and the policy process / Ian Holliday 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1840648864

OCLC:

54416030