| Description |
xvi, 447 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. The American Welfare Regime -- Introduction: American Exceptionalism Revisited -- 1. The Politics of Public and Private Social Benefits -- Pt. II. The Politics of Public and Private Pensions -- 2. Connected at Birth: Public and Private Pensions Before 1945 -- 3. Sibling Rivalry: Public and Private Pensions After 1945 -- Pt. III. The Politics of Public and Private Health Insurance -- 4. Seeds of Exceptionalism: Public and Private Health Insurance Before 1945 -- 5. The Elusive Cure: Public and Private Health Insurance After 1945 -- Pt. IV. The Formation and Future of the American Welfare Regime -- 6. The Formation of the American Welfare Regime -- 7. The Future of the American Welfare Regime |
| Summary |
The divided welfare state is the first comprehensive political analysis of America's system of public and private social benefits. Everyone knows that the American welfare state is less expensive and extensive, later to develop and slower to grow, than comparable programs abroad. American social spending is as high as spending in many European nations. What is distinctive is that so many social welfare duties are handled by the private sector with government support. With historical reach and statistical and cross-national evidence, The divided welfare state demonstrates that private social benefits have not been shaped by public policy, but have deeply influenced the politics of public social programs-to produce a social policy framework whose political and social effects are strikingly different than often assumed |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-433) and index |
| Subject |
Privatization -- United States.
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Welfare state -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547
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| LC no. |
2002067734 |
| ISBN |
0521013283 paperback |
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0521812887 |
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