The culture of welfare markets : the international recasting of pension and care systems / Ingo Bode.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bode, Ingo.

Series:

Routledge advances in sociology ; 35.

Routledge advances in sociology ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pensions--Western countries--Case studies.

Pensions.

Older people--Services for--Western countries--Case studies.

Older people.

Welfare state--Economic aspects--Western countries.

Welfare state.

Older people--Services for.

Western countries.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction

Welfare markets: institutional forms and organizational landscapes

Welfare markets in old age provision: the state of things

Where the market comes in: current institutional designs

How welfare markets develop: the dynamics of change

The role of (welfare) culture: the state of the art and an analytical grid

The culture of welfare, the culture of the market

The case of old age provision

Key moral issues in pension and care systems

Sense-making of welfare markets for old age

The study: the general approach, research design and methodological questions

Sense-making in public debate and the media

Making sense of sense-making: hybrid settlements compared

Conclusion: a new moral economy of old age provision?

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-243) and index.

ISBN:

9780415958011

0415958016

OCLC:

124161163