Comparing welfare states : Britain in international context
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Comparing welfare states : Britain in international context
（Family life and social policy）
Sage Publications, 1993
- : hbk
- : pbk
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"Published in association with the Open University."
Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
Offering an introduction to the study of both British and comparative social policy, this book provides a unique approach to understanding the British welfare state through its wider international focus. The British experience is related to those of Hong Kong, Sweden, Germany and Ireland and is set in the context of policy issues within the European Community.
Particular attention is paid to the interactions between family policies and issues of race and gender, and to the processes by which individuals or groups are given or denied access to full welfare citizenship. Individual chapters move easily between national and international levels in ways which highlight the richness and complexity of welfare regimes in different countries, while at the same time considering shared features and trends.
Produced in large format, Comparing Welfare States is a course book on the Open University course Family Life and Social Policy (D311).
Table of Contents
Comparative Approaches and Social Policy - Allan Cochrane
The British Welfare State - John Clarke and Mary Langan
Foundation and Modernization
Restructuring Welfare - John Clarke and Mary Langan
The British Welfare Regime in the 1980s
Gender, `Race' and Class in British Welfare Policy - Fiona Williams
Hong Kong - Eugene McLaughlin
A Residual Welfare Regime
The German Welfare State - Michael Wilson
A Conservative Regime in Crisis
Sweden - Norman Ginsburg
The Social-Democratic Case
Ireland - Eugene McLaughlin
Catholic Corporatism
Looking for a European Welfare State - Allan Cochrane
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