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Autore |
Gilbert Neil <1940-> |
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Titolo |
Transformation of the welfare state [[electronic resource] ] : the silent surrender of public responsibility / / Neil Gilbert |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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0-19-517657-X |
1-280-48149-8 |
9786610481491 |
0-19-803224-2 |
1-60256-908-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Welfare state |
Social policy |
Capitalism |
Means tests |
Privatization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Currents of Change -- 1. New Course or Marginal Adjustment? -- 2. Toward the Enabling State -- Part II: Lines of Convergence -- 3. Protection to Inclusion: Promoting Work -- 4. State to Market: Subsidizing Private Activity -- 5. Universal to Selective: Targeting Benefits -- 6. Citizenship to Membership: Restoring Solidarity? -- Part III: Social Implications -- 7. The Triumph of Capitalism-and Its Discontents -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this work, Neil Gilbert argues that the changes in welfare policy we are witnessing in Europe and the US are not marginal adjustments to the borders of the welfare state, but represent a fundamental shift in the philosophy of social protection. |
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