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The anthropology of welfare
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An innovative overview of how the theories and concepts of social anthropology can be applied and used in the study of welfare and community care. Case studies examine welfare in Britain, the USA, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Japan and New Zealand.
Pt. 1. The degree and shape of welfare state reform -- pt. 2. Explaining welfare state reform -- pt. 3. Conclusion.
In this book Bo Rothstein seeks to defend the universal welfare state against a number of important criticisms which it has faced in recent years. He combines genuine philosophical analysis of normative issues concerning what the state ought to do with empirical political scient…