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UNINA9910971665303321 |
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Titolo |
Welfare and work in the open economy . Volume 1 From vulnerability to competitiveness / / edited by Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-160017-2 |
0-19-152900-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (420 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ScharpfFritz Wilhelm |
SchmidtVivien Ann <1949-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social policy |
Welfare economics |
Labor policy |
Women - Employment |
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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; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendix Tables; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt; 2. Economic Changes, Vulnerabilities, and Institutional Capabilities Fritz W. Scharpf; 3. Sequences of Policy Failures and Effective Policy Responses Anton C. Hemerijck and Martin Schludi; 4. Values and Discourse in the Politics of Adjustment Vivien A. Schmidt; 5. Conclusions Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt; Statistical Appendix; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Rejecting any notion of convergence to some kind of neo-liberal orthodoxy, they find that most countries have remained true to the basic features of their postwar model as they have liberalized. Moreover, within different welfare-state constellations, while some countries are stillstruggling to adjust, others have reached a new sustainable equilibrium. Volume I presents comparative analyses of |
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