'Postmodern Welfare' places postmodernism firmly on the agenda of contemporary debates about the welfare state. It is the first book to explain systematically the significance of postmodernism for understanding social welfare.
Gendering welfare states
by Sainsbury, Diane,, politicoloog
fromSage modern politics series
Bundel waarin het begrip gender onderdeel is van een analyse van de verzorgingsstaat. Hiertoe komt een aantal wetenschappers aan het woord zowel vanuit feministische hoek als vanuit het reguliere onderzoek: Jet Bussemakers en Kees van Kersbergen over: Sekse en verzorgingsstaten;…
This volume synthesizes the insights of feminist and mainstream research in examining the impact of gender on welfare state analysis and outcomes. It highlights the effect of welfare state policies on women and men.
The international and interdisciplinary contributors approach the subject on two levels. First, they test the applicability of mainstream frameworks to new areas in analyzing gender. Second, they highlight possible reconceptualizations and innovative frameworks designed to provi…
Whether childcare is seen as part of society's educational policy, welfare policy, or employment policy affects not only its form and content but also its public image. The contributors in this volume use current polices for the care of infants and preschool children to analyze …
The American welfare state has long been a source of political contention and academic debate. This Oxford Handbook pulls together much of our current knowledge about the origins, development, functions, and challenges of American social policy. After the Introduction, the first…
This handbook provides a survey of the American welfare state. It offers an historical overview of U.S. social policy from the colonial era to the present, a discussion of available theoretical perspectives on it, an analysis of social programmes, and on overview of the U.S. wel…
"Drawing on a wide-ranging literature from across the social sciences, Spicker develops his own model for understanding the basis of welfare in society. Through a series of propositions, Spicker develops a theory based on the idea of people as social actors with social rights an…
Schr. - voorstanders van een vrije economie - onderzoeken de rol van de overheid ten opzichte van economie en samenleving en concluderen dat staatsbemoeienis in de meeste gevallen meer kwade dan goede gevolgen heeft gehad
Modelling welfare state reform
by Gelauff, G.M.M, Graafland, J.J
fromContributions to economic analysis
Examines the interrelationship between labour market performance and the tax and social security systems through the development of a general equilibrium model called MIMIC (Micro Macro model to analyse the Institutional Context). Simulations cover the period 1987 to 2017.
Asserting that social programs are unable to halt or even limit the problems of poverty, unemployment, and lack of health care they are designed to address, Macarov returns to basic concepts.
Poverty, unemployment, limited access to health care: the litany of ills plaguing contemporary society seems endless, reflective of the pragmatic and philosophical battles waged to overcome what some perceive as insurmountable obstacles. What role has the state played in mitigat…
"This volume seeks to contribute to an interdisci-plinary, comparative, and historical study of Western welfare states. It attempts to link their historical dynamics and contemporary problems in an international perspective. Building on collaboration between European-and America…
Mixes history, political interpretation and sociological analysis. Thesis is that welfare rolls are raised to reduce unrest among the poor.
Foundations of the welfare state
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
Thane places strong emphasis on voluntary action and the role of women in the shaping of social policy, and sets the development of the welfare system in its wider social, economic and political context.