Introduction: three stages of welfare capitalism / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg -- More than reluctant: the United States of America / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg -- Downloading the welfare state, Canadian style / Patricia M. Evans -- Sweden: temporary detour or new directions? / Helen Lachs Ginsburg and Marguerite G. Rosenthal -- Diminishing welfare: the case of the United Kingdom / Jane Millar -- The triple exceptionalism of the French welfare state / Mark Kesselman -- The dismantling of welfare in Germany / Gehard Bäcker and Ute Klammer -- Diminishing welfare: the Italian case / Enrica Morlicchio, Enrico Pugliese, and Elena Spinelli / Hungary: retrenchment amid radical restructuring / Phineas Baxandall -- Is the Japanese-style welfare society sustainable? / Masami Nomura and Kimiko Kimoto -- Diminishing welfare: convergence toward a liberal model? / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
Summary
This work compares the nature and extent of changes in social welfare programmes and labour markets in nine industrialized countries. This cross-national study sheds light on general trends in social welfare, and provides clues to what constitutes successful reform and what has failed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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