The Welfare State
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780199672660
Publication date:
23/02/2016
Paperback
168 pages
196x129mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780199672660
Publication date:
23/02/2016
Paperback
168 pages
David Garland
Offers a succinct account of the social and political issues surrounding the welfare state,Provides a new basis for thinking about a familiar set of institutions,Discusses the welfare state as a whole, setting it in its historical and sociological context,Places US and UK institutions against the comparative backdrop of European and Nordic welfare regimes,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over seven million copies sold worldwide
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
David Garland
Description
Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a fundamental dimension of modern government. And even after decades of free-market criticism and reform, their core institutions have proven resilient and popular.
This Very Short Introduction describes the modern welfare state, explaining its historical and contemporary significance and arguing that far from being 'a failure' or 'a problem', welfare states are an essential element of
contemporary capitalism, and a vital concomitant of democratic government. In this accessible and entertaining account, David Garland cuts through the fog of misunderstandings to explain in clear and simple terms, what welfare states are, how they work, and why they matter.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
David Garland, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of SociologyDavid Garland is the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University and Professorial Fellow at Edinburgh University. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and taught there from 1979 to 1997 before moving to the USA. A Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Garland is the author of a series of award-winning books on punishment and criminal justice, including Punishment and Welfare (1985), The Culture of Control (OUP 2001) and Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in and Age of Abolition (OUP 2010). His recent work on the welfare state has appeared in the European Journal of Sociology.
David Garland
Table of contents
1:What is the Welfare State?
2: Before the Welfare State
3:Birth of the Welfare State
4: The Welfare State 1.0
5:Varieties
6:Problems
7:Neoliberalism and WS 2.0
8:Post-Industrial transitions: toward WS 3.0
9:The indispensable Welfare State
References
Further Reading
Index
David Garland
Description
Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a fundamental dimension of modern government. And even after decades of free-market criticism and reform, their core institutions have proven resilient and popular.
This Very Short Introduction describes the modern welfare state, explaining its historical and contemporary significance and arguing that far from being 'a failure' or 'a problem', welfare states are an essential element of
contemporary capitalism, and a vital concomitant of democratic government. In this accessible and entertaining account, David Garland cuts through the fog of misunderstandings to explain in clear and simple terms, what welfare states are, how they work, and why they matter.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
David Garland, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of SociologyDavid Garland is the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University and Professorial Fellow at Edinburgh University. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and taught there from 1979 to 1997 before moving to the USA. A Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Garland is the author of a series of award-winning books on punishment and criminal justice, including Punishment and Welfare (1985), The Culture of Control (OUP 2001) and Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in and Age of Abolition (OUP 2010). His recent work on the welfare state has appeared in the European Journal of Sociology.
Table of contents
1:What is the Welfare State?
2: Before the Welfare State
3:Birth of the Welfare State
4: The Welfare State 1.0
5:Varieties
6:Problems
7:Neoliberalism and WS 2.0
8:Post-Industrial transitions: toward WS 3.0
9:The indispensable Welfare State
References
Further Reading
Index
Christian Reus-Smit
Justin Gest
Quentin Skinner
S. Narayan
Alex Prichard
Ali Ansari
George Perkovich, Toby Dalton
Harry Sidebottom
Michael Newman
L. Sandy Maisel, Jennifer A. Yoder
