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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780601203321

Autore

Gilbert Neil <1940->

Titolo

Transformation of the welfare state [[electronic resource] ] : the silent surrender of public responsibility / / Neil Gilbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-517657-X

1-280-48149-8

9786610481491

0-19-803224-2

1-60256-908-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

330.12/6

Soggetti

Welfare state

Social policy

Capitalism

Means tests

Privatization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.