The Welfare state East and West
By: edited by Richard Rose and Rei Shiratori ; contributors, Erik Allardt ... [et al.].
Contributors: Rose, Richard, 1933-; Shiratori, Rei, 1937-; Allardt, Erik.; Nihon Seiji Sōgō Kenkyūjo.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Welfare state -- Congresses.
Description: A unique comparative examination of the different ways in which modern democratic societies provide welfare today, with special attention to the US, Japan, Britain, Scandinavia, West Germany, and Israel.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Papers derived from meetings held at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and at Nikko, Japan, and from a seminar held in Tokyo, and produced under the auspices of the Institute for Political Studies in Japan.