The Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State /
Contributor(s): Greve, Bent.
Series: Routledge International Handbooks: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2013Description: xxii, 474 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415682923; 9780415682923:; 0415682924.Subject(s): Public welfare![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Introduction -- Part 1: Key Concepts 1. What Is Welfare and Public Welfare by Bent Greve 2. What Is a Welfare State? by Michael Hill 3. Fiscal Welfare by Adrian Sinfield 4. Occupational Welfare by Kevin Farnsworth 5. Citizenship by Janet Newman 6. Prevention: The Cases of Social Security and Health Care by Jos Berghman, Annelies Debels and Ine Van Hoyweghen 7. Poverty by Peter Saunders 8. Social Exclusion by John Pierson 9. Benefits In Kind and In Cash by Manos Matsaganis 10. Gender Issues in Welfare States by Sheila Shaver 11. Welfare States and the Life Course by Mara A. Yerkes, Bram Peper and Janeen Baxter 12. Active Labour Market Policies by Madelene Nordlund 13. Flexicurity: Concepts, Practices and Outcomes by Frank Tros and Ton Wilthagen Part 2: Typologies and Methods 14. What Are Welfare Typologies and How Are They Useful, If At All? by Kees Van Kersbergen 15. Nordic Welfare States by Olli Kangas and Jon Kvist 16. Central European Welfare States by Daniel Clegg 17. Eastern.
'The welfare state' in all its many forms has had a profound role in many countries around the world since at least the Second World War. This book explores the classical issues around the welfare state, but also investigates its key concepts, along with how these can be used and analysed.