Welfare and Work in the Open Economy: Volume I: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness (Welfare & Work in the Open Economy) - Couverture souple

 
9780199240883: Welfare and Work in the Open Economy: Volume I: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness (Welfare & Work in the Open Economy)
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ISBN 10 : 0199240884 ISBN 13 : 9780199240883
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Rejecting any notion of convergence to some kind of neo-liberal orthodoxy, they find that most countries have remained true to the basic features of their postwar model as they have liberalized. Moreover, within different welfare-state constellations, while some countries are still struggling to adjust, others have reached a new sustainable equilibrium. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of their policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom as well as special studies in the participation of women in the labour market, early retirement, the liberalization of public services, and international tax competition.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Rejecting any notion of convergence to some kind of neo-liberal orthodoxy, they find that most countries have remained true to the basic features of their postwar model as they have liberalized. Moreover, within different welfare-state constellations, while some countries are still struggling to adjust, others have reached a new sustainable equilibrium. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of their policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom as well as special studies in the participation of women in the labour market, early retirement, the liberalization of public services, and international tax competition.

Revue de presse

These books are major benchmark studies of welfare states and the problems of adjustment, and provide lucid and valuable analyses of contemporary capitalism. (West European Politics)

Much of the two books is taken up with charting in very rich and absorbing detail the precise nature of responses and adjustments. There are some truly excellent country studies. (West European Politics)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199240884
ISBN 13 
9780199240883
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
424
Éditeur
Scharpf Fritz W.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0199240922 ISBN 13 :  9780199240920
Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2001
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