The Withering of the Welfare State [electronic resource] : Regression /
Connelly, J.editor.
Hayward, J.editor.
Since the 1970s the public commitment to social solidarity between citizens through comprehensive provision of welfare has been eroded by the imperatives of international markets. In this volume the problems posed to public intervention are analyzed. The contributors compare and evaluate how different countries have dealt with these challenges.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; 1 From Citizen Solidarity to Self-Serving Inequality: Social Solidarity, Market Economy and Welfare Statecraft; Part I: Public Intervention: The Roles of State and Society; 2 The Rationale for the Retreat from the Welfare State; 3 Expanding the Role of Civil Society in Britain and Beyond; 4 Multicultural Society and the Welfare State; Part II: Vicissitudes of Democratic Institutions and Processes; 5 Constitutional Change and the Tensions of Liberal Democracy; 6 The British Welfare State and its Discontents
7 Bureaucracy: Disregarding Public AdministrationPart III: Intrusive National and International Market Forces; 8 From Financing Social Insurance to Insuring Financial Markets: The Socialisation of Risk and the Privatisation of Profit in an Age of Irresponsibility; 9 The Environmental Challenge to Nation States: From Limits to Growth to Ecological Modernisation; 10 Inequality, Social Policy and State Welfare Regimes in Developing Countries: The Case of Brazil; Part IV: The Residual Warfare State; 11 Human Welfare in a World of States: Reassessing the Balance of Responsibility
12 Free-Riding? The Cost of Defence: The United Kingdom, France and the United States of America13 Conclusion: Remaining the Welfare State?; Appendix A: Social Security Expenditure; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Since the 1970s the public commitment to social solidarity between citizens through comprehensive provision of welfare has been eroded by the imperatives of international markets. In this volume the problems posed to public intervention are analyzed. The contributors compare and evaluate how different countries have dealt with these challenges.
Great Britain-Politics and government.
Comparative politics.
Social policy.
Political sociology.
Political science.
Social service .
British Politics.
Comparative Politics.
Social Policy.
Political Sociology.
Political Science.
Social Care.