LEADER 03648nam 22007452 450 001 9910457729103321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-16494-X 010 $a1-280-47997-3 010 $a0-511-22050-2 010 $a0-511-22114-2 010 $a0-511-21916-4 010 $a0-511-31627-5 010 $a0-511-60692-3 010 $a0-511-21984-9 024 3 $z9780521849982 024 3 $z9780521615167 035 $a(CKB)1000000000352534 035 $a(EBL)261119 035 $a(OCoLC)173610108 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100186 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11558421 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100186 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036629 035 $a(PQKB)10834390 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511606922 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC261119 035 $a(PPN)195128621 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL261119 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10130409 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47997 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000352534 100 $a20090910d2006|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAge in the welfare state $ethe origins of social spending on pensioners, workers, and children /$fJulia Lynch$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 223 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in comparative politics 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-61516-X 311 $a0-521-84998-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index. 327 $a1. Introduction; 2. Measuring the age of welfare; 3. Age and the welfare state: theories and hypotheses; 4. Family allowances: wages, taxes, and the appeal to the self-employed; 5. Benefits for the unemployed: young and old in the fortress labor market; 6. Old-age pensions: the architecture of spending; 7. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book asks why some countries devote the lion's share of their social policy resources to the elderly, while others have a more balanced repertoire of social spending. Far from being the outcome of demands for welfare spending by powerful age-based groups in society, the 'age' of welfare is an unintended consequence of the way that social programs are set up. The way that politicians use welfare state spending to compete for votes, along either programmatic or particularistic lines, locks these early institutional choices into place. So while society is changing - aging, divorcing, moving in and out of the labor force over the life course in new ways - social policies do not evolve to catch up. The result, in occupational welfare states like Italy, the United States, and Japan, is social spending that favors the elderly and leaves working-aged adults and children largely to fend for themselves. 410 0$aCambridge studies in comparative politics. 606 $aPublic welfare$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aAge groups$xGovernment policy$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aAge discrimination$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aPatronage, Political$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aPublic welfare 615 0$aAge groups$xGovernment policy 615 0$aAge discrimination 615 0$aPatronage, Political 676 $a362 700 $aLynch$b Julia$f1970-$01040898 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457729103321 996 $aAge in the welfare state$92464092 997 $aUNINA