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This volume presents a thought provoking analysis of key welfare state issues engaging policy makers across the globe. It provides a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the state of welfare states- developed and developing. It maps the diversity of welfare regimes across the world and brings to f...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kurian, Nimmi (Editor), Vivekanandan, B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
Economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice.
Macroeconomics.
Welfare economics.
Welfare state.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This volume presents a thought provoking analysis of key welfare state issues engaging policy makers across the globe. It provides a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the state of welfare states- developed and developing. It maps the diversity of welfare regimes across the world and brings to fore the particularities and nuances that characterise them. The book also focuses on the on-going reforms and makes a powerful case for the increased relevance of the welfare state in a globalizing era.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVIII, 391 pages)
ISBN:9780230554917
DOI:10.1057/9780230554917