International social policy : welfare regimes in the developed world /
Contributor(s): Alcock, Peter
| Craig, Gary.
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001Description: xvii, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0333748654 (hbk.); 9780333748657:; 9780333748657 (hbk.); 0333748662 (pbk.); 9780333748664 (pbk.).Subject(s): Public welfare -- Cross-cultural studies | Social policy | Welfare state -- Cross-cultural studies | Social policy -- Cross-cultural studiesDDC classification: 361.91722 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The comparative context / Pete Alcock -- United States : an American welfare state? / John Clarke and Frances Fox Piven -- Canada : one step forward, two steps back? / Ernie S. Lightman and Graham Riches -- Australia : the transformation of the wage-earner's welfare state / Lois Bryson -- New Zealand : the myth of egalitarianism / Judith A. Davey -- Japan : bidding farewell to the welfare society / Takafumi Ken Uzuhashi -- The United Kingdom : rolling back the welfare state? / Pete Alcock and Gary Craig -- Sweden : between model and reality / Tapio Salonen -- Germany : reform from within / Lutz Leisering -- Italy : moving from the southern model / Valeria Fargion -- Russia : revolution or evolution? / Nick Manning and Nadia Davidova -- South Africa : transition under pressure / Francie Lund -- Hong Kong : between state and market / Paul Wilding and Ka-ho Mok.
This is an authoritative contribution to the growing literature on the study of comparative social policy. It is international, with chapters written by social policy experts from 12 developed countries.