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Comparing welfare states /

Contributor(s): Cochrane, Allan | Clarke, John, 1950- | Gewirtz, Sharon, 1964-.
Series: Family life and social policy.Publisher: London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications ; Open University, 2001Edition: 2nd ed.Description: viii, 304 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0761970894 (hbk); 9780761970897:; 0761970908 (pbk.).Subject(s): Social policy -- Cross-cultural studies | Social policy | Public welfare -- Cross-cultural studies | Public welfare -- Great Britain | Welfare state | Great Britain -- Social policyDDC classification: 361.650941
Contents:
Comparing welfare states / Allan Cochrane, John Clarke and Sharon Gewirtz -- Construction of the British welfare state, 1945-1975 ; Remaking welfare : the British welfare regime in the 1980s and 1990s / John Clarke, Mary Langan and Fiona Williams -- US welfare : variations on the liberal regime / John Clarke -- Germany : a conservative regime in crisis? / Lynne Poole -- Sweden : the social democratic case / Norman Ginsburg -- Ireland : from Catholic corporatism to social partnership / Eugene McLaughlin -- Looking for a European welfare state / Allan Cochrane, John Clarke and Sharon Gewirtz.
Summary: This second edition of the accessible and broad ranging Comparing Welfare States continues to provide a critical introduction to the British welfare state and comparative social policy through its wider international focus.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comparing welfare states / Allan Cochrane, John Clarke and Sharon Gewirtz -- Construction of the British welfare state, 1945-1975 ; Remaking welfare : the British welfare regime in the 1980s and 1990s / John Clarke, Mary Langan and Fiona Williams -- US welfare : variations on the liberal regime / John Clarke -- Germany : a conservative regime in crisis? / Lynne Poole -- Sweden : the social democratic case / Norman Ginsburg -- Ireland : from Catholic corporatism to social partnership / Eugene McLaughlin -- Looking for a European welfare state / Allan Cochrane, John Clarke and Sharon Gewirtz.

This second edition of the accessible and broad ranging Comparing Welfare States continues to provide a critical introduction to the British welfare state and comparative social policy through its wider international focus.

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