Welfare states in transition : national adaptations in global economies
This book offers a global level comparison between welfare states, actual and emerging, in Europe, East Asia, Australia, North & Latin America. The consequences of an ageing population, deregulation and heightened inequality are discussed in detail
xii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
9780761950479, 9780761950486, 9780857021861, 0761950478, 0761950486, 0857021869
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After the golden age? Welfare state dilemmas in a global economy / Gøsta Esping-Andersen
The Scandinavian welfare states : achievements, crisis and prospects / John D. Stephens
Welfare states without work : the impasse of labour shedding and familialism in continental European social policy / Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Needs-based strategies of social protection in Australia and New Zealand / Frances G. Castles
When markets fail : social welfare in Canada and the United States / John Myles
Options for social policy in Latin America : neoliberal versus social democratic models / Evelyne Huber
The East Asian welfare states : peripatetic learning, adaptive change and nation-building / Roger Goodman and Ito Peng
Social protection in central and eastern Europe : a tale of slipping anchors and torn safety nets / Guy Standing
Positive-sum solutions in a world of trade-offs? / Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Published in association with United Nations Research Institute for Social Development