Transformations of the welfare state : small states, big lessons
Obinger, HerbertContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
'Transformations of the Welfare State' analyses several small advanced OECD economies to assess whether the welfare state can compete under the conditions of an increasingly integrated world economy. Looking to the future of the welfare state, in an era newly marked by profound uncertainty, the authors sound an optimistic note.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
'Transformations of the Welfare State' analyses several small advanced OECD economies to assess whether the welfare state can compete under the conditions of an increasingly integrated world economy. Looking to the future of the welfare state, in an era newly marked by profound uncertainty, the authors sound an optimistic note.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Austria: the 'Island of the Blessed' in the ocean of globalization -- Denmark: the survival of a social democratic welfare state -- New Zealand: retrenchment and reconstruction -- Switzerland: from liberal to conservative welfare state - a pattern of late maturation? -- Comparative perspectives.
Welfare state
States, Small
Sociology & Social History
Political Science
Social Sciences
Law, Politics & Government
Social Conditions
Political Theory of the State