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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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Abstract:
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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- OECD countries -- Social policy.
- Welfare state -- OECD countries -- History -- 20th century.
- Welfare state -- OECD countries -- Forecasting.
- Verzorgingsstaat.
- Toekomstverwachtingen.
- État providence -- Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- État providence -- Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques -- Prévision.
- Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques -- Politique sociale.
- État-Providence
- Politique sociale
- 20e siècle
- Prévision
- Pays de l'OCDE
- Globalisierung.
- Krise.
- Wohlfahrtsstaat.
- Bevölkerungsentwicklung.

