The Oxford handbook of the welfare state /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Béland, Daniel (Editor), Morgan, Kimberly J. (Editor), Obinger, Herbert (Editor), Pierson, Christopher (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Oxford handbooks.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Select List of Abbreviations
  • List of Contributors
  • A Note on the Jacket Illustration
  • Stephan Leibfried
  • 1 Introduction
  • PART I PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATIONS AND CRITIQUES OF THE WELFARE STATE
  • 2 Ethics
  • 3 Intellectual Roots of the Welfare State
  • 4 The Critics of Welfare: From Neoliberalism to Populism
  • PART II HISTORY
  • 5 The Emergence of the Western Welfare State
  • 6 Post-​War Welfare State Development: The 'Golden Age'
  • 7 Recent Developments: Social Investment Reform in the Twenty-​First Century
  • PART III APPROACHES
  • 8 Research Methods
  • 9 Public and Private Social Welfare
  • 10 Governance
  • 11 Social Investment
  • 12 Families, States, and Markets
  • 13 Disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare States
  • PART IV INPUT AND ACTORS
  • 14 Needs and Risks in the Welfare State
  • 15 Democracy and Capitalism
  • 16 Unions and Employers
  • 17 Parties
  • 18 Political Institutions
  • 19 Public Attitudes
  • 20 Gender
  • 21 Religion
  • 22 Migration and New Ethnic Minorities
  • 23 European and National Social Policy
  • 24 Intergovernmental Organizations
  • 25 Globalization
  • PART V POLICIES
  • 26 Social Expenditure and Welfare State Financing
  • 27 The Welfare State as Employer
  • 28 Old-​Age Pensions
  • 29 Health
  • 30 Long-​Term Care
  • 31 Work Accident and Sickness Benefits
  • 32 Disability
  • 33 Unemployment Insurance
  • 34 Employment Promotion
  • 35 The Regulation of Employment
  • 36 Social Assistance
  • 37 Family Benefits and Services
  • 38 Housing
  • 39 Education
  • PART VI POLICY OUTCOMES
  • 40 The Social Rights of Citizenship
  • 41 Inequality and Poverty
  • 42 Macroeconomic Outcomes
  • 43 Gendered Outcomes
  • 44 Welfare Retrenchment
  • PART VII WORLDS OF WELFARE
  • 45 Models of the Welfare State
  • 46 The Nordic Countries
  • 47 Continental Western Europe
  • 48 The South European Countries
  • 49 The English-​Speaking Countries
  • 50 Central and Eastern European Countries
  • PART VIII PROSPECTS
  • 51 From Welfare States to Planetary Well-​Being
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index