The radical right and the welfare state : an international assessment
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The radical right and the welfare state : an international assessment
（Studies in international social policy and welfare）
Harvester Wheatsheaf , Barnes & Noble Books, 1991
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- : uk : pbk
- : us
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Bibliography: p. 175-186
Includes index
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: us ISBN 9780389209768
Description
For much of this century, governments have accepted the principle of state responsibility for the welfare of its citizens: in spite of ideological differences about the appropriate scale of state activity, some role has been assumed by all governments. During the last decade, however, this view has been seriously challenged by radical thinkers from the political right who have argued that state-sponsored welfare of any kind is inimical to economic growth, prosperity and social progress. The ideas of this radical right have found practical expression through the policies of sympathetic governments and international agencies. Much of the current debate about welfare provision now revolves around whether radical right-wing prescriptions have resulted in marginal changes or major modifications which will persist for years to come. The need to examine the extent of the impact of radical right-wing ideas on welfare provision is the basis of this major new collection of specially commissioned articles. The book investigates the prevalence of these ideas through a wider international and comparative approach, looking at the experiences of Canada, Germany, Chile and Israel as well as Britain and the USA. The country studies are set in context with a comprehensive theoretical and historical account of welfare consensus and the rise and social welfare proposals of the radical right, and a concluding chapter which draws together the case study material and looks ahead to the future of the welfare state ideal.
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: uk : pbk ISBN 9780745009780
Description
This work offers a critique of the way the thinking and politics of the radical "new right" has operated in Britain, the United States, Canada, Israel, Germany and Chile, with particular regard to the concept and implementation of welfare systems. Divided into three sections, the book addresses the theoretical beliefs underpinning the radical right; the ways in which the radical right implemented their policies and beliefs in a number of countries across the world in the 1980s; and concludes with a prognosis for the future of welfare state systems under the radical right.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Theories, policies and prescriptions: the radical right, politics and society, James Midgley
- the radical right and the welfare state, David Stoesz and James Midgley. Part 2 Implementation and experiences: the radical right and the welfare state in Britain - pensions and health care, Howard Glennerster
- poverty, the radical right and welfare reform in the United States, Howard Karger
- the Chicago boys, social security and welfare in Chile, Sylvia Borzutsky
- social policy, the radical right and the German welfare state, Steven Mangen
- the radical right and social welfare in Israel, Howard Karger and Menachem Monnickedam
- caught in the middle - the radical right and the Canadian welfare state, Ernest Lightman. Part 3 The radical right and the future of the welfare state, Howard Glennerster.
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