International Social Policy is a major new contribution to the growing literature on the study of comparative social policy. The book is international in scope with each chapter written by a social policy expert, or experts, from that country. An overview of themes and issues is provided by the editors in a wide-ranging introduction.
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"...important addition to the comparative study of welfare provision within the developed world."-- Choice
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Pete Alcock is Chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Social Policy and author of Social Policy in Britain.
Gary Craig is President of the International Association of Community Development and an executive committee member of the Social Policy Association.
Gary Craig is President of the International Association of Community Development and an executive committee member of the Social Policy Association.
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The focus of this book is on the provision of welfare in a selected number of 'developed' countries across the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
comparative social policy, welfare mix, public welfare provision, social policy development, social budget, private renting, occupational welfare, postwar welfare state, welfare regime, sickness funds, social policy reforms, personal social services Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa, Second World War, United States, Oxford University Press, Polity Press, Royal Commission, White Paper, Cambridge University Press, Chinese University Press, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Prime Minister, United Kingdom, Legislative Council, Ministry of Labour, New Deal, First World War, Statistics Sweden, Treaty of Waitangi, East Asian, Government Printer, Great Britain, Western Europe, Communist Party New!
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The focus of this book is on the provision of welfare in a selected number of 'developed' countries across the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
comparative social policy, welfare mix, public welfare provision, social policy development, social budget, private renting, occupational welfare, postwar welfare state, welfare regime, sickness funds, social policy reforms, personal social services Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa, Second World War, United States, Oxford University Press, Polity Press, Royal Commission, White Paper, Cambridge University Press, Chinese University Press, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Prime Minister, United Kingdom, Legislative Council, Ministry of Labour, New Deal, First World War, Statistics Sweden, Treaty of Waitangi, East Asian, Government Printer, Great Britain, Western Europe, Communist Party New!
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- The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism by Gøsta Esping-Andersen on 11 pages
- Welfare States in Transition : National Adaptations in Global Economies by Gosta Esping-Andersen on page 23, page 159, and page 160
- Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States: United Germany in Perspective by Lutz Leisering in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 173
- Social Policy in Britain by Pete Alcock in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The State of Welfare: The Economics of Social Spending by Howard Glennerster on page 23, and page 141
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- The Changing Japanese Family (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series) by Marcus Rebick in Back Matter
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