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This comprehensive and innovative book demonstrates the dynamics of
welfare policies in different socioeconomic settings by providing
comparative analyses of the Baltic and Nordic welfare state
systems. The book contributes to finding and reflecting upon
innovative solutions to common challenges in European welfare
states. Challenging conventional welfare state research, the
authors compare the Nordic countries with the welfare states of the
market-oriented democracies of the Baltic area, discussing welfare
state theories, family policy regimes and welfare state models. Top
international contributors provide a better understanding of the
complex inequalities that families and individuals are facing in
the 21st century, and cover important topics such as poverty,
social insurance and family policy in the Nordic and Baltic areas.
Challenges to the Welfare State will be of great interest to social
policy scholars and policy makers, particularly those with an
interest in the Baltic and Nordic countries. It will also be a
welcome addition to the literature for students interested in
family policy and pension protection reforms, and those with a
general interest in the contemporary welfare state studies in
Europe.
This book delves into issues at the heart of government. Its sharp
analysis of the unique Nordic welfare system provides urgent
lessons for governments and societies across the globe.
Welfare programs and institutions tend to be analyzed as
instrumental arrangements, overlooking the fact that welfare
programs are essentially expressions of moral conceptions and
values. This book recognizes this distinction and offers analyses,
perspectives and interpretations of the normative foundation of the
'Nordic welfare state model'.
The authors examine the main normative principles in this model,
exploring their origins and the relationship between them. Paying
particular attention to the principles of 'universalism', 'public
responsibility for welfare', and 'work for all', they consider
their significance for current welfare policy and question whether
external economic and ideological pressures are threatening these
principles. The book is divided into three clear parts:
*Part I considers the historical trajectories behind the Nordic
welfare model
*Part II looks more specifically on normative tensions and dilemmas
in current welfare policies with a focus on women friendly welfare,
attitudes to basic income and alcohol and drug misuse
*Part III focuses on the possible change in the normative
foundation of the Nordic welfare states
This book will be essential reading for researchers and students of
the welfare state and also to those in the fields of social policy,
comparative politics and political economy.
This perceptive volume presents conceptual, theoretical, and
empirical approaches to social policy analysis comparing China and
Nordic countries in their treatment of the elderly. An
international panel of experts offers valuable policy insights into
issues of housing, community care, family care, pensions and social
security, and mental health as China translates and adapts Western
examples, particularly those set by Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
The book contrasts shared issues in the contexts of economic
history, accountability and service improvements, and
sustainability while also examining specifically Chi nese problems
such as care gaps between urban and rural elders. Coverage also
considers the centrality of aging policy in China as the nation
works toward its long-term goal of eradicating poverty. Included
among the topics: Building a welfare system with Chinese
characteristics: from a residual type to moderate universalism.
"Aging in community": historical and comparative study of aging
welfare and social policy. Sweden: aging welfare and social policy
in the 21st century. Policy responses to aging: care services for
the elderly in Norway. China's elderly care policy and its future
trends. Aging Welfare and Social Policy will interest professionals
and researchers addressing questions of Chinese and comparative
social policy, health psychologists, and sociologists focused on
family, youth, and aging.
This timely book updates, and takes stock of, Lipset and Rokkan's
classic work Party Systems and Voter Alignments: Cross-National
Perspectives, an influential work since its publication in 1967. It
examines the significance of the original volume for the history of
political sociology, and assesses its theoretical and empirical
relevance for the study of contemporary elections, voters and
parties. Most importantly this volume gives scope to new areas such
as consociational democracies, small island states, and newly
democratising Eastern and Central European and Third World
countries.
This is a sharp analysis of the unique Nordic welfare system with
urgent lessons for governments and societies across the globe.
Welfare programs and institutions tend to be analyzed as
instrumental arrangements, overlooking the fact that welfare
programs are essentially expressions of moral conceptions and
values. This book recognises this distinction and offers analyses,
perspectives and interpretations of the normative foundation of the
'Nordic welfare state model'. These authors examine the main
normative principles in this model, exploring their origins and the
relationship between them. Paying particular attention to the
principles of 'universalism', 'public responsibility for welfare',
and 'work for all', they consider their significance for current
welfare policy and question whether external economic and
ideological pressures are threatening these principles. The book is
divided into three clear parts: *Part I considers the historical
trajectories behind the Nordic welfare model *Part II looks more
specifically on normative tensions and dilemmas in current welfare
policies with a focus on women friendly welfare, attitudes to basic
income and alcohol and drug misuse *Part III focuses on the
possible change in the normative foundation of the Nordic welfare
states This book will be essential reading for researchers and
students of the welfare state and also to those in the fields of
social policy, comparative politics and political economy.
'This book will be a valuable resource for all students, researchers and practitioners interested in the welfare state.' - European Access [February 2002]
From the welfare state's origins in Europe, the idea of human
welfare being organized through a civilized, institutionalized and
uncorrupt state has caught the imagination of social activists and
policy-makers around the world. This is particularly influential
where rapid social development is taking place amidst growing
social and gender inequality. This book reflects on the growing
academic and political interest in global social policy and
'globalizing welfare', and pays particular attention to
developments in Northern European and North-East Asian countries.
Providing historical and future-oriented perspectives on welfare
issues and policies, Globalizing Welfare assesses the relevance of
the Northern European welfare experience for East Asia, and
addresses the differing ways that countries in the two regions are
responding to similar challenges of increasing inequality,
demographic change, and shifting relations between the state,
market and non-profit organizations. With topical analysis of
policy responses to these shared issues across contexts, the book
assesses how these globalized, cross-cutting issues will impact
future developments in welfare states. This book is a valuable
resource for scholars and students alike of sociology, political
science, economics, social policy and public administration,
providing up-to-date knowledge of welfare state developments. It
will also be of interest to policy-makers concerned with social
welfare globally.
Stein Rokkan was one of the leading social scientists of the post-war world. He was a prolific writer whose main contribution to social science - the conceptual and developmental map of Europe - is presented here for the first time in an integrated and systematic way.
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