Beyond the welfare state? : the new political economy of welfare
Discusses the major theoretical approaches to the welfare state, focusing on its relationship with social democracy and capitalism. Reviews main trends in the international development of welfare states from 1880 to the mid-1970s and examines experiences of developed welfare states from the 1970s to the early 1990s, highlighting times of economic crisis. Explores feminist, anti-racist and green critiques of welfare state arrangements and discusses whether and in what sense there is a move towards social and political arrangements that are 'beyond the welfare state'
Print Book, English, ©1998
The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Penn, ©1998
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ix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780271018607, 9780271018614, 9780271008219, 0271018607, 0271018615, 0271008210
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Capitalism, social democracy and the welfare state
I: Industrialism, modernization and social democracy
Capitalism, social democracy and the welfare state
II: Political economy and the welfare state
Capitalism, social democracy and the welfare state
III: New social movements and the welfare state
Origins and development of the welfare state 1880-1975
After the "Golden Age": From "crisis" through "containment" to "structural adjustment"
Beyond the welfare state?
Conclusion: defending the welfare state