Investment State - Charting the Future of Social Policy

This book proposes a new way of thinking about social programs, premised on social investment, which stands in contrast to a previous era in which social entitlements were regnant. It serves as a sequel to The Dynamic Welfare State (OUP, 2016), which addresses the challenges of the 21st-century information age.

List of contents

• Chapter 1. THE WELFARE STATE RUNS AGROUND


• Chapter 2. THE SOCIAL PROGRESS OF NATIONS


• Chapter 3. FROM "YELLOW PERIL" TO MODEL MINORITY


• Chapter 4. THE CASE OF THE PREGNANT BALLERINA


• Chapter 5. KNOWLEDGE SQUARED


• Chapter 6. DEMONARCOSIS


• Chapter 7. INCLUSION: SOCIAL AND STRUCTURAL


• Chapter 8. THE INVESTMENT STATE

About the author

David Stoesz, PhD, MSW, is the Samuel Wurtzel Chair at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has published extensively about social policy in the U.S. and international development abroad. His 2005 book, Quixote's Ghost: The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy, was awarded the Pro Humanitate Literary Award. More recent books include The Dynamic Welfare State and Pandora's Dilemma: Theories of Social Policy for the 21st Century.

Summary

This book proposes a new way of thinking about social programs, premised on social investment, which stands in contrast to a previous era in which social entitlements were regnant. It serves as a sequel to The Dynamic Welfare State (OUP, 2016), which addresses the challenges of the 21st-century information age.

Additional text

Has the welfare state run its course? Stoesz's answer is yes.... this volume succinctly analyzes the welfare state's arc from rise to imminent fall.This portrayal draws on a wide array of scholarship.... This book is an impressive tour de force with a sweeping perspective rooted in policy experience.

Product details

• Authors: David Stoesz, David (Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Ap Stoesz, Stoesz David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.09.2018
• EAN: 9780190864835
• ISBN: 978-0-19-086483-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Welfare economics, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems