The future of the welfare state
Subtitle: crisis myths and crisis realities
By: Francis G. Castles.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: OECD countries -- Social policy; Welfare state -- OECD countries -- History -- 20th century; Welfare state -- OECD countries -- Forecasting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index.
"Based on an examination of twenty-one OECD countries over the period of 1980-98"--P. [vii].
Table of contents: title: On crises, myths, and measurements; title: A race to the bottom?; title: The structure of social provisision; title: A European welfare state convergence?; title: Explaining expenditure outcomes; title: Population ageing and the public purse; title: Birth-rate blues: a real crisis in the making?; title: Towards a steady-state welfare state?