Into the promised land
Subtitle: issues facing the welfare state
By: edited by Asher Ben-Arieh and John Gal
Contributors: Ben-Arieh, Asher, 1963-; Gal, John
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Welfare state; Israel -- Social policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Perspectives on the welfare state. Normative and consequentialist arguments for the welfare state / Ian Gough; title: Welfare states, universal human needs, and objective human welfare : some social science and sociolegal perspectives / John Carrier and Ian Kendall; title: Representation of gender equality issues in liberal welfare states / Julia S. O'Connor; title: Social exclusion, solidarity, and the challenge of globalization / Graham Room; title: Fifty years of social security in the making : a participant's journey / Abraham Doron; title: pt. 2. Issues in the study of the Israeli welfare state. Issues and developments in the Israeli welfare state / Jack Habib; title: Values, categorical benefits, and categorical legacies in Israel / John Gal; title: Does the Knesset matter? Influence of members of the 13th Knesset on social policy in Israel / Asher Ben-Arieh; title: Democracy for the people? Welfare policy making in Israel / Yael Yishai; title: pt. 3. Issues in the development of the welfare state. Social protection in the postwar era : the OECD experience / Francis G. Castles; title: Privatization and commercialization in a global context / Ernie S. Lightman; title: Dominance, contest, and reframing / Martin Rein; title: Troublesome targeting : on the multilevel causes of nontake-up / Wim van Oorschot; title: The future of social policy making / Hugh Heclo