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PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-101138631647
ISBN-139781138631649
eBay Product ID (ePID)243391443
Product Key Features
Number of Pages540 Pages
Publication NameRoutledge Handbook of the Welfare State
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
SubjectSociology / General, Poverty & Homelessness, Public Policy / Social Policy, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Sociology / Urban
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorBent Greve
SeriesRoutledge International Handbooks Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight40.8 Oz
Item Length9.9 in
Item Width7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2018-004646
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal330.12/6
Table Of ContentIntroduction Bent Greve Part I: Key Concepts What is Welfare and Public Welfare Bent Greve What is a Welfare State? Johanna Kuhlmann Fiscal Welfare Adrian Sinfield Occupational Welfare Kevin Farnsworth Prevention: The Cases of Social Secuity and Healthcare Jos Beghman, Annelies Debels and Ine Van Hoyweghen Poverty Peter Saunders Benefits in Kind and in Cash Manos Matsaganis Gender Issues in Welfare States Sheila Shaver Welfare States and the Life Course Mara A. Yerkes and Bram Peper Well-being and the Welfare State Daniel Sage Part II: Typologies and Methods What are Welfare State Typologies and How Are They Useful, If At All? Kees van Kerbergen Nordic Welfare States Olli Kangas and Jon Kvist Central European Welfare States Daniel Clegg Central and Eastern Europe Steven Saxonberg and Tom¿Sirov¿a Southern Europe Maria Petmesidou Liberal Welfare States Huch Bochel Third Way Martin Powell Welfare States in North America: Social Citizenship in the United States, Canada and Mexico Robert Henry Cox Welfare State Changes in China since 1949 Bingqin Li India as a Post-Colonial Welfare State Sony Pelissery and T.V.S. Sasidhar Inequality, Social Spending and the State in Latin America Peter Lloyd-Sherlock The Middle East Rana Jawad and John Gal States of Health: Welfare Regimes, Health and Healthcare Clare Bambra, Nadine Reibling and Courtney McNamara How to Analyze Welfare States and Their Development? Barbara Vis How Ideas Impact Social Policy Daniel B¿nd Drivers for Change Virginie Guiraudon and Claude Martin Ten Ideal-Typical Worlds of Welfare Regimes and Their Regime Characteristic Christian Aspalter Real-Typical and Ideal-Typical Methods in Comparative Social Policy Christian Aspalter Fiscal Crisis, Financial Crisis and the Fragile Welfare State Kevin Farnsworth and Zo¿bsp; Irving Globalisation and Welfare States Patrick Diamond Part III: Central Policy Areas Social Security Frans Pennings Labour Market: Focus on Active Labour Market Policies Madelene Nordlund and Bent Greve Housing Policy, the Welfare State and Social Inequality Gregg M. Olsen Homelessness and Social Policy Gregg M. Olsen and Lars Benjaminsen Healthcare Claus Wendt Old Age and Pensions Karl Hinrichs Disability Bj¿rn Hvinden Family Policies Chiara Saraceno Risk and the Management of Crime David Denney Financing the Welfare State and the Politics of Taxation Nathalie Morel and Joakim Palme EU Social Policy and National Welfare State Reform Caroline de la Porte Evaluation, Evidence and Review Ian Greener Long-Term Care Bent Greve The Welfare State and International Migration: The European Challenge Grete Brochmann and Jon Erik D¿lvik Part IV: Future Future of the Welfare State? Bent Greve
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisForty-five contributions from renowned international specialists in the field provide readers with expert analysis of the core issues related to the welfare state, including regional depictions of welfare states around the globe. The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State combines essays on methodologies, core concepts and central policy areas to produce a comprehensive understanding of what 'the welfare state' means around the world. In the aftermath of the credit crunch, the Handbook addresses some of the many questions about the welfare state. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include an in-depth analysis of societal changes in recent years. New articles can be found on topics such as: the impact of ideas, well-being, migration, globalisation, India, welfare typologies, homelessness and long-term care. This volume will be an invaluable reference book for students and scholars throughout the social sciences, particularly in sociology, social policy, public policy, international relations, politics and gender studies., Forty-five contributions from renowned international specialists in the field provide readers with expert analysis of the core issues related to the welfare state, including regional depictions of welfare states around the globe. The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State combines essays on methodologies, core concepts and central policy areas to produce a comprehensive understanding of what ¿the welfare state¿ means around the world. In the aftermath of the credit crunch, the Handbook addresses some of the many questions about the welfare state. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include an in-depth analysis of societal changes in recent years. New articles can be found on topics such as: the impact of ideas, well-being, migration, globalisation, India, welfare typologies, homelessness and long-term care. This volume will be an invaluable reference book for students and scholars throughout the social sciences, particularly in sociology, social policy, public policy, international relations, politics and gender studies.
LC Classification NumberHV31.R766 2018
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