This analysis of the growth of welfare spending examines the relative impact of class and status groups versus demographic composition and political structures. Special attention is given to the role of the aged as representative of the importance of ascription and middle-class groups in welfare growth, and to the effect of welfare spending on income inequality. Aggregate cross-national data from the UN, ILO, and the World Bank are analyzed and the conclusion is drawn that a large aged population, especially in combination with democratic political processes, is a direct and crucial influence on the level of welfare spending.
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"The theoretical issues involved in the topic are clearly laid out and pursued throughout the book in an informative way, and the implications of the empirical results for those issues are fully addressed. The conclusions offer a fresh perspective on the welfare state that emphasizes the joint importance of demographic and political factors." Robert Jackman
"This is a fine book and shows an analytic and authorial maturity that we would all do well to emulate. The results are striking, important, and persuasive even if distressing to those of us who want to believe that the right government can make a difference. Beyond the obvious readership of those interested in social welfare policy, anyone interested in the relations among economy, society, and polity would do well to read this book." Jennifer L. Hochschild, Political Science Quarterly
"This is a fine book and shows an analytic and authorial maturity that we would all do well to emulate. The results are striking, important, and persuasive even if distressing to those of us who want to believe that the right government can make a difference. Beyond the obvious readership of those interested in social welfare policy, anyone interested in the relations among economy, society, and polity would do well to read this book." Jennifer L. Hochschild, Political Science Quarterly
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Detailed analysis of data from the UN, ILO, and the World Bank leads to the conclusion that a large aged population, especially in combination with democratic political processes, has a direct and crucial influence on the level of welfare expenditures.
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industrialism variables, monopoly capitalism theory, group politics theory, monopoly capitalism theories, industrialism theory, social insurance spending, income share ratio, industrialism arguments, leftist rule, rightist rule, public assistance spending, social welfare spending, social democratic theory, union scope, leftist control, interest group theory, pension spending, union centralization, dependency variables, ascriptive groups, social welfare effort, advanced industrial democracies, trade dependency, socialist nations, lower inequality Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Cost of Social Security: International Inquiry: 9th, 1972-74 on page 79, and Back Matter
- Bringing the State Back In by Peter B. Evans in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Social Welfare (Aspects of Britain) by Central Office of Information in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Juvenile Delinquency and its Origins: An integrated theoretical approach (American Sociological Association Rose Monographs) by Richard E. Johnson in Back Matter
- Cities with Little Crime: The Case of Switzerland (American Sociological Association Rose Monographs) by Marshall B. Clinard in Back Matter
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- The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology: Tradition and Formalization (American Sociological Association Rose Monographs) by Thomas J. Fararo in Back Matter
- Development and Crisis of the Welfare State: Parties and Policies in Global Markets by Evelyne Huber in Back Matter
- Age And Inequality: Diverse Pathways Through Later Life by Angela O'rand in Back Matter
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