Comparing Welfare States: Britain in International Context - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 080398846X ISBN 13: 9780803988460

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns Ltd, 1993

Riassunto

Offering an introduction to the study of both British and comparative social policy, this book provides a unique approach to understanding the British welfare state through its wider international focus. The British experience is related to those of Hong Kong, Sweden, Germany and Ireland and is set in the context of policy issues within the European Community.

Particular attention is paid to the interactions between family policies and issues of race and gender, and to the processes by which individuals or groups are given or denied access to full welfare citizenship. Individual chapters move easily between national and international levels in ways which highlight the richness and complexity of welfare regimes in different

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Recensione

`A clear and concise introduction to comparative social policy. It provides students with a framework in which to analyse the British welfare regime and to compare it with those developed and developing elsewhere' - Hilary Graham, Professor of Applied Social Studies, University of Warwick

`This book is well written and presented. It develops current issues in social policy from an historical perspective in a lively and absorbing way. I would recommend it for students taking undergraduate courses, whether conventional courses, or for parts of distance-learning texts' - Social Sciences in Health

Contenuti

Comparative Approaches and Social Policy - Allan Cochrane
The British Welfare State - John Clarke and Mary Langan
Foundation and Modernization
Restructuring Welfare - John Clarke and Mary Langan
The British Welfare Regime in the 1980s
Gender, `Race' and Class in British Welfare Policy - Fiona Williams
Hong Kong - Eugene McLaughlin
A Residual Welfare Regime
The German Welfare State - Michael Wilson
A Conservative Regime in Crisis
Sweden - Norman Ginsburg
The Social-Democratic Case
Ireland - Eugene McLaughlin
Catholic Corporatism
Looking for a European Welfare State - Allan Cochrane

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 080398846X
• ISBN 13: 9780803988460
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Redattore: Cochrane Allan, Clarke John
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile