Rethinking welfare and the welfare state / Bent Greve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greve, Bent, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Rethinking Research and Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., [2022]

Summary:

"This innovative book takes a unique approach to rethinking welfare states by considering two centrally interlinked issues: namely what is welfare, and what we should expect from welfare states now and in the future. Bent Greve critically considers thinking on the core elements of welfare states, how they should be ranked and how to recognise indicators of their direction of movement. Providing expert analysis of the historical development of welfare states and the challenges and pressures experienced both regionally and globally, this book argues for a new division of welfare states and a system for balancing old and new social risk. The investigation of dilemmas and the analysis of developing welfare states are particularly illuminating and informative. Greve provides a forward-thinking approach considering long-term stability and the challenges of inequality and poverty in different welfare regimes. He effectively combines new perspectives with attention to a strong public sector economy. With insightful new analysis this book will be an invaluable read for researchers and students of social policy and welfare states"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Rethinking welfare and the welfare state: An Introduction

2. Historical development of welfare states: People and ideas

3. What is welfare?

4. Welfare state regimes - many or few?

5. The welfare state mix revisited

6. Pressures on welfare states

7. Individualism versus collectivism

8. New ways of measuring societal development

9. Inequality and poverty - new challenges for welfare states

10. Populism and welfare chauvinism as challenges for welfare states

11. Labour market restructuring as a game changer

12. Elements in rethinking welfare states - a new clustering

13. Conclusions: New directions for welfare states

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Greve, Bent Rethinking Welfare and the Welfare State

ISBN:

9781800885127