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The Young, the Old and the State - Social Care Systems in Five Industrial Nations (Hardcover)
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The Young, the Old and the State - Social Care Systems in Five Industrial Nations (Hardcover)
Series: Globalization and Welfare series
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This is a comparative account of social care services for children
and older people in five key industrial nations (Finland, Germany,
Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States). The authors break
new ground by moving beyond institutional description and seeking
to understand the normative and moral qualities of welfare systems.
The book builds on existing theories of welfare state regimes by
extending the analysis to the arena of social care. A full and
fascinating account is provided of the historical, economic and
political origins of childcare and care for older people in each of
the five countries. These analyses are then used as the basis for a
theoretical account of the developmental trajectories of social
care systems. The book proposes that there are common pressures at
work in all industrial nations driving their welfare systems to
similar forms of organisation and structure. However, these trends
are mediated by important differences in culture and history. The
Young, the Old and the State is an eminently readable and
accessible book, and will be warmly welcomed by academics and
researchers in social and public policy, health and social care and
welfare economics. It will also be of interest to policymakers and
NGOs involved in welfare and social care provision and provide a
useful source for students on undergraduate and graduate
programmes.
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