| Description |
xii,282 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- List of Tables vii -- List of Contributors ix -- 1 Introduction -- Jochen Clasen -- Part I Welfare States and Comparative Social Policy 13 -- 2 Trends and Developments in Welfare States is -- Catherine Jones Finer -- 3 Theories and Methods in Comparative Social Policy 34 -- Deborah Mabbett and Helen Bolderson -- Part II Comparative Analyses in Selected Policy Fields 57 -- 4 Comparative Housing Policy 59 -- John Doling -- 5 Institutions, States and Cultures: Health Policy and -- Politics in Europe 80 -- Richard Freeman -- 6 Comparing Family Policies in Europe 95 -- Linda Hantrais -- 7 Full Circle: a Second Coming for Social Assistance? 114 -- John Ditch -- 8 Comparative Approaches to Long-term Care -- for Adults 136 -- Susan Tester -- 9 Unemployment Compensation and Other -- Labour-Market Policies 159 -- Jochen Clasen -- Part III Themes and Topics in Comparative Social Policy 179 -- 10 The 'Problem' of Lone Motherhood in Comparative -- Perspective -- Jane Lewis -- 11 Inside Out: Migrants' Disentitlement to Social -- Security Benefits in the EU 200 -- Simon Roberts and Helen Bolderson -- 12 Accumulated Disadvantage? Welfare State -- Provision and the Incomes of Older Women and -- Men in Britain, France and Germany 220 -- Katherine Rake -- Bibliography 247 -- Index 277 |
| Summary |
"Comparative Social Policy provides students with an introduction to cross-national social policy research, conveying the fascinating and challenging issues involved in conducting research of this kind. The book examines the theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches, discusses prevailing concepts and reflects on methodological difficulties. The authors use examples from a wide range of social policy analysis to illustrate what can be gained by conducting comparative social policy research."--BOOK JACKET. "The book includes differing country samples and sizes and takes examples from Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region. All the chapters reflect on relevant conceptual and methodological approaches, each is written for the student reader and concludes with a guide to further reading."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social policy.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Clasen, Jochen.
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| LC no. |
98035149 |
| ISBN |
0631207732 alkaline paper |
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0631207740 alkaline paper |
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