Can the welfare state survive? / Andrew Gamble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamble, Andrew, author.

Series:

Global futures series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

v, 125 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Polity, 2016.

Summary:

"After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response. The welfare state is seen as a burden on wealth creation which can no longer be afforded in an ever more competitive global economy. There are calls for it to be dismantled altogether. In this incisive book, leading political economist Andrew Gamble explains why western societies still need generous inclusive welfare states for all their citizens, and are rich enough to provide them. Welfare states can survive, he argues, but only if there is the political will to reform them and to fund them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Life and Times of the Welfare State 11

2 The Battle of Ideas 33

3 Four Challenges 57

4 A Future for the Welfare State 101.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119).

ISBN:

9780745698731

0745698735

9780745698748

0745698743

OCLC:

929586301

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