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Welfare and the Welfare State - Central Issues Now and in the Future (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Welfare and the Welfare State - Central Issues Now and in the Future (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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The welfare state is still very much central in people's everyday
lives. The welfare state is at the same time contested and debated,
and has often been argued to be in a crisis not only in the wake of
the financial crisis. Welfare and welfare states used to be a
national issue and prerogative. Today welfare and welfare states
are influenced by national as well as regional and global
decisions. However, nation states play a decisive role influenced
by national preferences and ideas, and, in recent years, populism
and welfare chauvinism. This book provides an overview of the
central concepts through the lenses of the state, market and civil
society. It also provides the reader with knowledge on distribution
in societies and how this interacts and influences different groups
and their position in society. There are also chapters dealing
specifically with central sectors in the welfare states such as
health, long-term care and education. The book uses a comparative
approach as this better enables one to understand one's own
country's welfare, as well as helping to underline and see the
linkages to the impact of global and regional issues on welfare
states and their development. Finally, the book presents challenges
and future perspectives for welfare states and their development.
The book's focus on core concepts and the variety of international
welfare state regimes and mechanisms for delivering social policy
provides a much-needed introduction to the rapidly changing concept
of welfare for students on social policy, social studies, sociology
and politics courses.
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