Comparing Welfare States - Britain in International Context

Klappentext Praise for the First Edition:`A clear and concise introduction to comparative social policy. It provides students with a framework in which to analyze the British welfare regime and to compare it with those developed and developing elsewhere' - Hilary Graham, Professor of Applied Social Studies, University of WarwickIn this extensively revised Second Edition, the British case is related to the experiences of the United States of America, Sweden, Germany and Ireland, and set in the context of policy issues within the European Union. This textbook provides a critical introduction to British and comparative social policy. Drawing on the comparative analysis of welfare regimes, the book show how the welfare systems of individual countries can only be understood thorugh exploring the wider global context. The chapters highlight the richness, complexity and dynamics of welfare regimes in different countries, while ar the same time considering shared features and trends.This text is a course book for The Open University course, Family Life and Social Policy (D311). Inhaltsverzeichnis Comparing Welfare States? - Allan Cochrane, John Clarke and Sharon Gewirtz The Construction of the British Welfare State 1945 - 1975 - John Clarke, Mary Langan and Fiona Williams Remaking Welfare - John Clarke, Mary Langan and Fiona Williams The British welfare regime in the 1980s and 1990s US Welfare - John Clarke Variations on the Liberal Regime Germany - Lynne Poole A Conservative Regime in Crisis? Sweden - Norman Ginsburg The Social Democratic Case Ireland - Eugene McLaughlin From Catholic Corporatism to Social Partnership Looking for a European Welfare State - Allan Cochrane, John Clarke and Sharon Gewirtz

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• Authors: Allan Cochrane, Allan Douglas Clarke Cochrane
• Assisted by: John Clarke (Editor), John H. Clarke (Editor), Clarke John H. (Editor), Allan Cochrane (Editor), Allan Douglas Cochrane (Editor), Cochrane Allan Douglas (Editor), Sharon Gewirtz (Editor), Gewirtz Sharon (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2001
• EAN: 9780761970903
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-7090-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Published in association with the Open University
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social Policy, Social welfare & social services, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social welfare and social services, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies