The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism traces how individuals fare over time in each of the three principal types of welfare state. Through unique studies of Germany, the Netherlands and the United States, tracking individuals' socio-economic fate over ten years, the authors explore issues of economic growth and efficiency, of poverty and inequality, of social integration and social autonomy. The authors argue that the social democratic welfare regime of the Netherlands outperforms the corporatist German regime and the liberal US regime across all these social and economic objectives.
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"...a distinctive and important book." Robert M. Solow, The New York Review of Books
"...significant contribution of this book is its clear elaboration of the social and political values underlying welfare states and how these vary across welfare regimes." American Journal of Sociology
"This is an innovative and stimulating study of the difference made by the type of welfare state regime under which individuals actually live. As an empirical study, it provides a major contribution to comparative welfare state research." Governance
"This book will engage readers intrigued with the different forms that capitalism can take, and reformers searching for ways in which it can be made more humane...There is much to recommend here...Footnotes provide rich extensions of points of dispute and some alternative views, and useful links to related material...this study provides eye-opening examples of other ways to do capitalism...For a world that seems to be growing tired of neoliberal precepts, this study of other ways to live with capitalism will be most welcome." Review of Radical Political Economics
"...significant contribution of this book is its clear elaboration of the social and political values underlying welfare states and how these vary across welfare regimes." American Journal of Sociology
"This is an innovative and stimulating study of the difference made by the type of welfare state regime under which individuals actually live. As an empirical study, it provides a major contribution to comparative welfare state research." Governance
"This book will engage readers intrigued with the different forms that capitalism can take, and reformers searching for ways in which it can be made more humane...There is much to recommend here...Footnotes provide rich extensions of points of dispute and some alternative views, and useful links to related material...this study provides eye-opening examples of other ways to do capitalism...For a world that seems to be growing tired of neoliberal precepts, this study of other ways to live with capitalism will be most welcome." Review of Radical Political Economics
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The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism traces how individuals fare over time in each of the three principal types of welfare state. Through unique studies of Germany, the Netherlands and the US, tracking individuals' socio-economic fate over fully ten years, the authors explore issues of economic growth and efficiency, of poverty and inequality, of social integration and social autonomy. The authors argue that the social democratic welfare regime of the Netherlands outperforms the corporatist German regime and the liberal US regime across all these social and economic objectives.
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There are many reasons for states to concern themselves with the welfare - the well-being - of their citizens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
individual labour income, household equivalent income, classic social democrats, median equivalent income, social democratic welfare regime, receiving public transfers, public transfer programmes, avoiding social exclusion, other welfare regimes, corporatist welfare regime, income aggregated, public transfer payments, household breakdowns, liberal welfare regime, spell analysis, social welfare arrangements, resource autonomy, income instability, programme efficiency, prime working age, democratic welfare regimes, data underlying figure, equivalent disposable, different welfare regimes, cumulative inequality Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Netherlands Ministry, Germany Netherlands, Ger Neth, Poor Law, Equivalent File, New Zealand, European Union, Federal Republic, Luxembourg Income Study, Supplemental Security Income, United Kingdom, Van Parijs, Reference Corporatist Liberal Soc, Reference Liberal Soc, Reference Soc, West German New!
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There are many reasons for states to concern themselves with the welfare - the well-being - of their citizens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
individual labour income, household equivalent income, classic social democrats, median equivalent income, social democratic welfare regime, receiving public transfers, public transfer programmes, avoiding social exclusion, other welfare regimes, corporatist welfare regime, income aggregated, public transfer payments, household breakdowns, liberal welfare regime, spell analysis, social welfare arrangements, resource autonomy, income instability, programme efficiency, prime working age, democratic welfare regimes, data underlying figure, equivalent disposable, different welfare regimes, cumulative inequality Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Netherlands Ministry, Germany Netherlands, Ger Neth, Poor Law, Equivalent File, New Zealand, European Union, Federal Republic, Luxembourg Income Study, Supplemental Security Income, United Kingdom, Van Parijs, Reference Corporatist Liberal Soc, Reference Liberal Soc, Reference Soc, West German New!
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- Political Theory and Public Policy by Robert E. Goodin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Social Policy in the United States by Theda Skocpol in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Other America: Poverty in the United States by Michael Harrington in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Order and Conflict in Contemporary Capitalism by John H. Goldthorpe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Hard Times (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens) by Charles Dickens in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Transformation of the Welfare State: The Silent Surrender of Public Responsibility by Neil Gilbert on page 54, page 55, and page 89
- The Welfare State: A Reader by Christopher Pierson in Front Matter, page 170, and page 188
- Democracy: A Comparative Approach by Svante Ersson on page 196, and Back Matter
- France in Crisis: Welfare, Inequality, and Globalization since 1980 by Timothy B. Smith in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Enabling Social Europe (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment) by B. Maydell v. in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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