Welfare States in Transition: National Adaptations in Global Economies

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Gøsta Esping-Andersen
SAGE, 31 juil. 1996 - 276 pages
This wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary and future changes in welfare states looks at the different trajectories of the welfare states of Europe, North America, the Antipodes, and the emerging scenarios in Latin America, East Asia and Central and Eastern Europe.

Leading experts on each of these regions examine the current structures of social protection, consider the causes of the current welfare state crisis and highlight evolving trends for welfare policy. Different welfare states are shown to manifest different forms of crisis. Among the symptoms of crisis, Welfare States in Transition suggests that the effect of popluation ageing is exaggerated, and an at least equally fundamental challenge lies in

 

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After the Golden Age? Welfare State Dilemmas in
1
DECLINE OR RENEWAL IN
32
the Impasse of Labour
66
NeedsBased Strategies of Social Protection in Australia
88
Social Welfare in Canada and
116
EMERGING NEW WELFARE STATES?
141
Peripatetic Learning
192
a Tale
225
CONCLUSION
251
Index
268
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