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The future of the welfare state : crisis myths and crisis realities /

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This assessment of the threat posed to modern welfare states by globalization and demographic change brings together empirical methods, current information from 21 countries and insights from across the social sciences. The author also presents likely trajectories of welfare state development in com...

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Main Author: Castles, Francis G. (Francis Geoffrey), 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
OECD countries > Social policy.
Welfare state > OECD countries > History > 20th century.
Welfare state > OECD countries > Forecasting.
État providence > Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques > Histoire > 20e siècle.
État providence > Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques > Prévision.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Welfare state
OECD countries
Verzorgingsstaat.
Toekomstverwachtingen.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This assessment of the threat posed to modern welfare states by globalization and demographic change brings together empirical methods, current information from 21 countries and insights from across the social sciences. The author also presents likely trajectories of welfare state development in coming decades.
Item Description:"Based on an examination of twenty-one OECD countries over the period of 1980-98"--Page vii
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 197 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
ISBN:9780191533624
0191533629
9780199270170
0199270171
9780191601514
0191601519
1429420294
9781429420297