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Welfare States in Transition: National Adaptations in Global Economies

By Gosta Esping-Andersen

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Year
1996
ISBN
0761950478, 9780761950479
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5920546 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
288\289
Time added
2015-04-30 17:09:49

Description

This wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary and future changes in welfare states looks at the different trajectories of the welfare states of Europe, North America, the Antipodes, and the emerging scenarios in Latin America, East Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. Leading experts on each of these regions examine the current structures of social protection, consider the causes of the current welfare state crisis and highlight evolving trends for welfare policy. Different welfare states are shown to manifest different forms of crisis. Among the symptoms of crisis, Welfare States in Transition suggests that the effect of popluation ageing is exaggerated, and an at least equally fundamental challenge lies in

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