The Welfare State: A Reader - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745622526 ISBN 13 : 9780745622521

Editeur : Polity Press, 2000

Synopsis

"The Welfare State Reader" has rapidly established itself as vital source of outstanding original research. In the second edition of this highly respected Reader, Pierson and Castles have comprehensively overhauled the content, bringing it wholly up-to-date with contemporary discussions about this most crucial area of social and political life. The book includes fifteen new and carefully edited selections, all reflecting the very latest thinking and research in welfare state studies. These readings are organized around a series of current debates on welfare regimes, on globalization, on Europeanization, on demographic change and the political challenges of the new century.There are also two substantial sections devoted to the futures of welfare assessing the new risks and new opportunities that confront policy-makers in an increasingly complex political environment. Each part, as well as the volume overall, is set in context by an editorial introduction. As well as bringing together classic debates, "The Welfare State Reader" constitutes an invaluable guide to what is happening at the cutting edge of welfare research. Read either independently or alongside the third edition of Pierson's "Beyond the Welfare State", it will give the reader an unrivalled overview of debates surrounding the welfare state.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

The future of the welfare state is, for many people, the key social, economic and political issues for the new millennium. Drawing on the very best and most influential writing on welfare of the past fifty years, and featuring the work of more than thirty key authors, The Welfare State Reader shows how, why and for whom the politics of welfare has attained this newly central status.

The book brings together in a single volume texts from a wide range of sources some of which are now either out of print or difficult to obtain. It includes work from the earliest years of postwar welfare state growth right through to the very latest debates about ageing, competitiveness and globalization. It encompasses both the most important theoretical approaches to welfare and the very latest comparative empirical research. The final section marks out the terrain on which the next battles over welfare will be fought.

Throughout the book, the emphasis is upon welfare debates. The extraordinary range of contrasting opinions and judgements in this volume demonstrate why welfare is such a crucial and contested topic. Selected and edited by two internationally respected researchers and teachers in the field, The Welfare State Reader is the essential guide to the debate.

Revue de presse

Pierson and Castles have compiles a gem of a reader. It presents a true panorama of the opochal writings on Western welfare states, ranging from Thomas Paine to postmodernism. Between these two covers, the reader will find the most influential theoretical and analytical contributions on the causes and consequences of welfare state evolution, diversity and convergence. The collection succeeds brilliantly in bringing out the core controversies and debates. Any student or scholar or social policy will find this book invaluable in the studies. G&østa Esping–Andersen, University of Trento

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745622526
• ISBN 13: 9780745622521
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Éditeur: Pierson Christopher, Castles Francis
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible