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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777323903321

Autore

Schaffner-Goldberg Gertrude

Titolo

Diminishing Welfare [[electronic resource] ] : A Cross-National Study of Social Provision

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, : Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2001

ISBN

1-4294-7534-X

0-313-07435-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenthalMarguerite G

Disciplina

361.9

Soggetti

Public welfare -- Cross-cultural studies

Social policy -- Cross-cultural studies

Welfare state -- Cross-cultural studies

Social Welfare & Social Work - General

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Diminishing Welfare""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Three Stages of Welfare Capitalism Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg""; ""Chapter 2 More than Reluctant: The United States of America Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg""; ""Chapter 3 Downloading the Welfare State, Canadian Style Patricia M. Evans""; ""Chapter 4 Sweden: Temporary Detour or New Directions? Helen Lachs Ginsburg and Marguerite G. Rosenthal""; ""Chapter 5 Diminishing Welfare: The Case of the United Kingdom Jane Millar""; ""Chapter 6 The Triple Exceptionalism of the French Welfare State Mark Kesselman""

""Chapter 7 The Dismantling of Welfare in Germany Gerhard BaÂ? cker and Ute Klammer""""Chapter 8 Diminishing Welfare: The Italian Case Enrica Morlicchio, Enrico Pugliese, and Elena Spinelli""; ""Chapter 9 Hungary: Retrenchment amid Radical Restructuring Phineas Baxandall""; ""Chapter 10 Is the Japanese- Style Welfare Society Sustainable? Masami Nomura and Kimiko Kimoto""; ""Chapter 11 Diminishing Welfare: Convergence toward a Liberal Model? Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg""; ""Bibliographical Essay Marguerite G. Rosenthal""; ""Index""; ""About the



Contributors""