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The future of the welfare state : crisis myths and crisis realities

Author: Francis G Castles
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This assessment of the threat posed to modern welfare states by globalization and demographic change brings together empirical methods, current information from 21 countries and insights from across the social sciences. The author also presents likely trajectories of welfare state development in coming decades.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Francis G Castles
ISBN: 0199270171 9780199270170 0199273928 9780199273928
OCLC Number: 56118588
Notes: "Based on an examination of twenty-one OECD countries over the period of 1980-98"--P. [vii].
Description: xi, 197 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: On crises, myths, and measurements --
A race to the bottom? --
The structure of social provisision --
A European welfare state convergence? --
Explaining expenditure outcomes --
Population ageing and the public purse --
Birth-rate blues: a real crisis in the making? --
Towards a steady-state welfare state?
Responsibility: Francis G. Castles.
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This assessment of the threat posed to modern welfare states by globalization and demographic change brings together empirical methods, current information from 21 countries and insights from across the social sciences. The author also presents likely trajectories of welfare state development in coming decades.

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