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1 online resource (432 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part One: What Is the Welfare State?; 1. The Historical Core and Changing Boundaries of the Welfare State; Part Two: Why and How Welfare States Grew: Determinants and Variations; 2. Modernization, Democratization, and the Development of Welfare States in Western Europe; 3. The Development of Welfare States in North America; Part Three: Social Security: The Importance of Socioeconomic and Political Variables; 4. The Growth of Social Insurance Programs in Scandinavia: Outside Influences and Internal Forces |
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5. Government Responses to the Challenge of Unemployment: The Development of Unemployment Insurance in Western EuropePart Four: Economic Equality: The Distribution of Incomes; 6. The Historical Development of Income Inequality in Western Europe and the United States; Part Five: Educational Opportunities: Access to Education and Priorities in Welfare State Development; 7. Educational Opportunities and Government Policies in Europe in the Period of Industrialization; 8. Education and Social Security Entitlements in Europe and America |
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Part Six: An End to Growth? Fiscal Capacities and Containment Pressures9. Trends and Problems in Postwar Public Expenditure Development in Western Europe and North America; 10. Leftism, Catholicism, and Democratic Corporatism: The Role of Political Parties in Recent Welfare State Development; 11. Toward a New Welfare State?; Contributors; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Heidenheimer, Arnold J
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Heidenheimer, Arnold
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| ISBN |
9781351304900 |
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1351304909 |
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