02112nam 2200481 450 991015428760332120170925181732.00-7456-9877-8(CKB)3890000000005927(SSID)ssj0001662742(PQKBManifestationID)16447958(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001662742(PQKBWorkID)14850723(PQKB)11775955(MiAaPQ)EBC4509794(PPN)221081135(EXLCZ)99389000000000592720160523h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrCan the welfare state survive? /Andrew GambleCambridge, England ;Malden, Massachusetts :Polity,2016.©20161 online resource (58 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7456-9873-5 Includes bibliographical references."After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response. The welfare state is seen as a burden on wealth creation which can no longer be afforded in an ever more competitive global economy. There are calls for it to be dismantled altogether. In this incisive book, leading political economist Andrew Gamble explains why western societies still need generous inclusive welfare states for all their citizens, and are rich enough to provide them. Welfare states can survive, he argues, but only if there is the political will to reform them and to fund them"--Provided by publisher.Welfare stateWelfare state.361.6/5POL000000bisacshGamble Andrew119457MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154287603321Can the welfare state survive2670315UNINA