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The Welfare State East and West

By Richard Rose , Rei Shiratori

Book information

Year
1986
ISBN
0195039564, 9780195039566, 9781423758303
LCC
HN3 .W2 1986
Open Library ID
OL2708157M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15573739 bytes)
Pages
216\222
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

A unique, comparative examination of the different ways in which modern democratic societies provide welfare today, these essays focus on the welfare strategies and experiences of the U.S., Japan, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, and Israel. While the objectives of welfare are common to each society, each has its own ideas about the best way for the state, the market, and the household to contribute to the welfare mix. With the economies of many countries under pressure, the question of the proper balance between domestic welfare spending and defense spending is often at the center of the debate. The essays on Japan provide new and useful insights into how a state--not normally considered a "welfare state"--manages to provide a wide array of successful welfare services.

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