The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems : towards global social policy science / edited by Christian Aspalter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aspalter, Christian, editor.

Series:

Routledge International Handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 825 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

Second edition

Other Title:

Handbook to welfare state systems

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Summary:

Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research, the term "welfare state systems" has many advantages, as there are numerous different types/models of welfare state systems around the world. This revised and expanded second edition brings together leading experts to discuss social policy in 32 countries/regions around the world: from the most advanced welfare state systems in Scandinavia and Western Central Europe to the developing powers of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Russia. Country-specific chapters provide in general a historical overview, discuss major characteristics of the welfare state system, and analyze country-specific problems, as well as critical current and future trends for further discussions, while also providing one (additional) major focal point/issue for greater in-depth analysis. Including new country case studies on Mali, South Africa, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Vietnam, this book is reframed around urgent contemporary issues including migration and rising social inequalities, LGBTQIA+ rights, universal basic income, and transboundary social policy. It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of social policy, social development, development economists and health economists, experts in public policy, health policy (including mental health policy), housing policy, education policy, family policy, cis- and trans-gender policy, migration and population policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, as well as social policy and public policy makers and administrators.

Contents:

To Save Humanity We Need to Investigate the Whole World : An Introduction / Christian Aspalter

Ten Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Theory : A Springboard for Global Research / Christian Aspalter

Future Welfare : A Polarized World / Peter Abrahamson

The Australian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Welfare Conditionality : The Case of the Income Management System / Philip Mendes

The American Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Asset- and Means-Tested Social Assistance Programs / Peter Abrahamson

The Cuban Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Universalism / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Christian Aspalter

The Mexican Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Conditional Cash Transfer Systems / Gabriel Martínez

The Chilean Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Social Security Privatization / Silvia Borzutzky and Mark Hyde

The Brazilian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on the Outcomes and Performance of the Welfare State System / Christian Aspalter

The Malian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Transboundary Social Policy /Alfio Cerami

The Nigerian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on the Challenges of Developing a Social Security System / Bruce R. Josephson

The South African Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Universal Basic Income /Jelena Vidojević

The UK Welfare State System : A Special Focus on the Mental Health Care System / Paul Taylor and Jason L. Powell

The Icelandic Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Gender Equality and LGBTQIA+ / Guðný Björk Eydal and Guðbjörg Ottósdóttir

The Swedish Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Inequality and the Redistribution Paradox / Joakim Palme

The French Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Youth Unemployment / Tom Chevalier and Bruno Palier

The Belgian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on "Targeting Within Universalism" / Bea Cantillon, Diana DeGraeve and Natascha Van Mechelen

The German Welfare State System : A Focus on the Old-Age Pension System / Karl Hinrichs and Magnus Brosig – The Austrian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on the Long-Term Care System / Kai Leichsenring

The Swiss Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Education Policy / Jean-Michel Bonvin and Stephan Dahmen

The Spanish Welfare State System : A Special Focus on the Social Protection of Immigrant Populations / Cristina Virginia Font Haro and Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes

The Italian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Social Inequalities / Michele Raitano

The Greek Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Housing Affordability and Homelessness / Gabriel Amitsis

The Russian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Regional Inequality / Markus Kainu, Meri S. Kulmala, Jouko Nikula and Markku Kivinen

The Turkish Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Human Capital Development / Adem Yavuz Elveren, Tuba I. Agartan and Nursel Durmaz-Bodur

The Israeli Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Poverty and Inequality /John Gal

The Indian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Health Outcomes in Comparative Perspective /Christian Aspalter

The Indonesian Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Social Security Extension in the Development Context /Jörg-Michael Dostal and Gemati Ekacita Naskoshi

The Singaporean Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Public Housing and the Central Provident Fund / Youyenn Teo

The Vietnamese Welfare State System : A Special Focus on the Old-Age Income Maintenance System / Pham-Thi-Hong Diep and Nguyen-Thu Hang

The Chinese Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Ageing of Society and Social Policy / Carmel K.M. Lee

The Hong Kong Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Complimentary Social Welfare Initiatives /Joe C.B. Leung

The Taiwanese Welfare State System : A Special Focus on the Universal Health Insurance System / Yih-Jiunn Lee and Yeun-Wen Ku

The South Korean Welfare State System : A Special Focus on the Future of Social Insurance Systems / Jinsoo Kim and Jaewook Nahm

The Japanese Welfare State Systemn: A Special Focus on Financing Social Security in a Super-Super-Aged Society / Christian Aspalter and Hubert Liu

Lessons for the Future of Social Policy and for Humanity : By Way of Conclusion / Christian Aspalter.

Other Format:

version imprimée

ISBN:

1-003-33317-6

1-000-99524-0

9781003333173

OCLC:

1391969165