The welfare state in capitalist society : policies of retrenchment and maintenance in Europe, North America and Australia

Author(s)

• Mishra, Ramesh

Bibliographic Information

The welfare state in capitalist society : policies of retrenchment and maintenance in Europe, North America and Australia

Ramesh Mishra

（Studies in international social policy and welfare, v. 5）

Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 135-145

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1991. The Welfare State in Capitalist Society, uses a methodological approach that draws extensively on comparative material. It presents an analysis of the fortunes of the modern welfare state in conditions of economic and ideological adversity is able to generate propositions of significance; sweeping masterfully over developments on three continents, it distilling a multiplicity of discrete domestic events into a coherent, comprehensible account.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 The end of post-war consensus: strategies of retrenchment and maintenance
• Chapter 2 The New Right: retrenching the welfare state in Britain and the United States
• Chapter 3 Social corporatism: defending the welfare state in Sweden and Austria
• Chapter 4 Social policy and the new models: Canada and Australia
• Chapter 5 The welfare state after the 'crisis'

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Details

• NCID: BA1074429X
• ISBN:
  • 0745000495
  • 0745002110
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hamel Hempstead
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 152 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HN17.5
  • DC20 : 361.65
  • NDC8 : 364
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Welfare state
  • LCSH : Welfare state
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00937934