Welfare states in transition national adaptations in global economies

Esping-Andersen, Gøsta, 1947- (Added Author). United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. (Added Author).

Summary: This book offers a global level comparison between welfare states, actual and emerging, in Europe, East Asia, Australia North & Latin America. The consequences of an ageing population deregulation and heightened inequality are discussed in detail.

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ISBN: 9780761950486 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0761950486 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780761950479
ISBN: 0761950478
ISBN: 0857021869 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780857021861 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)
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Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1996.

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General Note:	Published in association with United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	After the golden age? Welfare state dilemmas in a global economy / Gøsta Esping-Andersen -- The Scandinavian welfare states : achievements, crisis and prospects / John D. Stephens -- Welfare states without work : the impasse of labour shedding and familialism in continental European social policy / Gøsta Esping-Andersen -- Needs-based strategies of social protection in Australia and New Zealand / Frances G. Castles -- When markets fail : social welfare in Canada and the United States / John Myles -- Options for social policy in Latin America : neoliberal versus social democratic models / Evelyne Huber -- The East Asian welfare states : peripatetic learning, adaptive change and nation-building / Roger Goodman and Ito Peng -- Social protection in central and eastern Europe : a tale of slipping anchors and torn safety nets / Guy Standing -- Positive-sum solutions in a world of trade-offs? / Gøsta Esping-Andersen.
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Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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