Transformation of the welfare state : the silent surrender of public responsibility / Neil Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Neil, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state.

Social policy.

Capitalism.

Means tests.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, Neil Gilbert argues that the changes in welfare policy we are witnessing in Europe and the US are not marginal adjustments to the borders of the welfare state, but represent a fundamental shift in the philosophy of social protection.

Contents:

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Currents of Change

1. New Course or Marginal Adjustment?

2. Toward the Enabling State

Part II: Lines of Convergence

3. Protection to Inclusion: Promoting Work

4. State to Market: Subsidizing Private Activity

5. Universal to Selective: Targeting Benefits

6. Citizenship to Membership: Restoring Solidarity?

Part III: Social Implications

7. The Triumph of Capitalism-and Its Discontents

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-517657-X

1-280-48149-8

9786610481491

0-19-803224-2

1-60256-908-8

OCLC:

559847011