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Informationen zum Autor Bent Greve is Professor of Welfare State Analysis in the Department of Society and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark. He has published widely on different topics surrounding the welfare state, including technology and the labour market, happiness and social policy, and labour market policy. He is also a member of several boards and committees in Denmark and internationally. Zusammenfassung Forty-five contributions from renowned international specialists in the field provide readers with expert analysis of the core issues related to the welfare state, including regional depictions of welfare states around the globe. The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State combines essays on methodologies, core concepts and central policy areas to produce a comprehensive understanding of what ‘the welfare state’ means around the world. In the aftermath of the credit crunch, the Handbook addresses some of the many questions about the welfare state. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include an in-depth analysis of societal changes in recent years. New articles can be found on topics such as: the impact of ideas, well-being, migration, globalisation, India, welfare typologies, homelessness and long-term care. This volume will be an invaluable reference book for students and scholars throughout the social sciences, particularly in sociology, social policy, public policy, international relations, politics and gender studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Bent Greve Part I: Key Concepts What is welfare and public welfare Bent Greve What is a welfare state? Johanna Kuhlmann Fiscal Welfare Adrian Sinfield Occupational Welfare Kevin Farnsworth Prevention Annelies Debels, Ine Van Hoyweghen Poverty Peter Saunders Benefits in Kind and in Cash Manos Matsaganis Gender Issues in Welfare States Sheila Shaver Welfare States and the Life Course Mara Yerkes and Bram Peper Well-being and the Welfare State Daniel Sage Part II: Typologies and Methods Welfare Typologies Kees van Kerbergen Nordic Welfare States Jon Kvist, Olli Kangas Central European Welfare States Daniel Clegg Central and Eastern Europe Steven Saxonberg and Tomas Sirovatka Southern Europe Maria Petmesidou Liberal Welfare States Huch Bochel Third Way Martin Powell Welfare States in North America: Social Citizenship in the United States, Canada and Mexico Robert Henry Cox Welfare State Changes in China since 1949 Bingqin Li India as a Post-Colonial Welfare State Sony Pelissery and T. V. S. Sasidhar Inequality, Social Spending and the State in Latin America Peter Lloyd-Sherlock The Middle-East Rana Jawad and John Gal States of Health: Welfare Regimes, Health and Health Care Clare Bambra, Nadine Reibling and Courtney McNamara How to Analyze Welfare States and Their Development? Barbara Vis How Ideas Impact Social Policy Daniel Beland Drivers for Change Virginie Guiraudon and Claude Martin Different Worlds of Welfare Regimes: Applying...
