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Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad provides an
insightful appraisal of policy priorities and outcomes in four
Western regimes: the Anglo-American liberal regimes, Southern
European ‘proto-corporatist’ regimes, the historically social
democratic Scandinavian regimes, and Western European
conservative-corporatist regimes. Challenging the assertion that
Western regimes are converging towards a ‘lean and mean’
Anglo-American type of welfare regime, the authors demonstrate how
policy priorities and outcomes in these four regimes remain
distinctive. Chapters offer detailed analyses of a comprehensive
set of policy outcomes including poverty, income and wealth
inequality, gender inequality, personal autonomy, economic growth,
economic security, and life satisfaction. The book ultimately finds
that the historically social democratic Scandinavian regimes
perform as well or better than other regimes in all policy domains,
whilst continuing to prioritise their own egalitarian policy aims.
This fascinating book will be essential reading for scholars of
political science, sociology and economics, as well as policy
makers seeking to fully understand the complex dimensions of
Western capitalism. It will also be valuable to those interested in
comparing the differing responses of Western governments to two
major crises of the 21st century: the Global Financial Crisis and
the Covid-19 pandemic.
Originally published in 1978, this book analyses three main
approaches to national housing policy in the 20th Century in
Sweden, the UK and USA. It reviews policy developments and
considers the impact of policy on the housing conditions and costs
of different sections of the community. A major theme is that
British and American governments, contrary to their stated
objectives, have actually increased housing inequality by allowing
homeowners tax concessions which are more generous than the housing
welfare programmes available to tenants. The political pressures
which produced this outcome in Britain and the USA, but a quite
different and more egalitarian outcome in Sweden, are carefully
discussed. Throughout the book, policy making is regarded as
involving trade-offs between what is politically feasible and what
is operationally feasible. This framework enables readers to view
policy making from the perspective of politicians and civil
servants as they react to diverse demands and pressures and seek to
devise housing programmes which embody incentives to which housing
financiers builders and consumers will respond.
Originally published in 1978, this book analyses three main
approaches to national housing policy in the 20th Century in
Sweden, the UK and USA. It reviews policy developments and
considers the impact of policy on the housing conditions and costs
of different sections of the community. A major theme is that
British and American governments, contrary to their stated
objectives, have actually increased housing inequality by allowing
homeowners tax concessions which are more generous than the housing
welfare programmes available to tenants. The political pressures
which produced this outcome in Britain and the USA, but a quite
different and more egalitarian outcome in Sweden, are carefully
discussed. Throughout the book, policy making is regarded as
involving trade-offs between what is politically feasible and what
is operationally feasible. This framework enables readers to view
policy making from the perspective of politicians and civil
servants as they react to diverse demands and pressures and seek to
devise housing programmes which embody incentives to which housing
financiers builders and consumers will respond.
The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism traces how individuals fare over time in each of the three principal types of welfare state. Through unique studies of Germany, the Netherlands and the United States, tracking individuals' socio-economic fate over ten years, the authors explore issues of economic growth and efficiency, of poverty and inequality, of social integration and social autonomy. The authors argue that the social democratic welfare regime of the Netherlands outperforms the corporatist German regime and the liberal US regime across all these social and economic objectives.
The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism traces how individuals fare over time in each of the three principal types of welfare state. Through unique studies of Germany, the Netherlands and the United States, tracking individuals' socio-economic fate over ten years, the authors explore issues of economic growth and efficiency, of poverty and inequality, of social integration and social autonomy. The authors argue that the social democratic welfare regime of the Netherlands outperforms the corporatist German regime and the liberal US regime across all these social and economic objectives.
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