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Book SynopsisForty-five contributions from renowned international specialists in the field provide readers with expert analysis of the core issues related to the welfare state, including regional depictions of welfare states around the globe. The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State combines essays on methodologies, core concepts and central policy areas to produce a comprehensive understanding of what âthe welfare stateâ means around the world.
In the aftermath of the credit crunch, the Handbook addresses some of the many questions about the welfare state. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include an in-depth analysis of societal changes in recent years. New articles can be found on topics such as: the impact of ideas, well-being, migration, globalisation, India, welfare typologies, homelessness and long-term care.
This volume will be an invaluable reference book for students and scholars throughout the social sci
Table of Contents
Introduction
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Part I: Key Concepts
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- What is welfare and public welfare
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- What is a welfare state?
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Johanna Kuhlmann
- Fiscal Welfare
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Adrian Sinfield
- Occupational Welfare
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Kevin Farnsworth
- Prevention
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Annelies Debels, Ine Van Hoyweghen
- Poverty
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Peter Saunders
- Benefits in Kind and in Cash
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Manos Matsaganis
- Gender Issues in Welfare States
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Sheila Shaver
- Welfare States and the Life Course
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Mara Yerkes and Bram Peper
- Well-being and the Welfare State
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Daniel Sage
Part II: Typologies and Methods
- Welfare Typologies
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Kees van Kerbergen
- Nordic Welfare States
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Jon Kvist, Olli Kangas
- Central European Welfare States
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Daniel Clegg
- Central and Eastern Europe
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Steven Saxonberg and Tomas Sirovatka
- Southern Europe
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Maria Petmesidou
- Liberal Welfare States
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Huch Bochel
- Third Way
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Martin Powell
- Welfare States in North America: Social Citizenship in the United States, Canada and Mexico
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Robert Henry Cox
- Welfare State Changes in China since 1949
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Bingqin Li
- India as a Post-Colonial Welfare State
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Sony Pelissery and T. V. S. Sasidhar
- Inequality, Social Spending and the State in Latin America
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Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
- The Middle-East
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Rana Jawad and John Gal
- States of Health: Welfare Regimes, Health and Health Care
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Clare Bambra, Nadine Reibling and Courtney McNamara
- How to Analyze Welfare States and Their Development?
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Barbara Vis
- How Ideas Impact Social Policy
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Daniel Beland
- Drivers for Change
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Virginie Guiraudon and Claude Martin
- Different Worlds of Welfare Regimes: Applying the Ideal-Typical Method
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Christian Aspalter
- Real-typical and Ideal-Typical Methods in Comparative Social Policy
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Christian Aspalter
- Fiscal Crisis, Financial Crisis and the Fragile Welfare State
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Kevin Farnsworth and Zoe Irving
- Globalisation and the Welfare States
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Patrick Diamond
Part III: Central Policy Areas
- Social Security
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Frans Pennings
- Active Labour Market Policies
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Madelene Nordlund and Bent Greve
- Housing Policy, the Welfare State and Social Inequality
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Gregg M. Olsen
- Homelessness and Social Policy
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Gregg M. Olsen and Lars Benjaminsen
- Health Care
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Claus Wendt
- Old Age and Pension
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Karl Hinrichs
- Disability
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Bjørn Hvinden
- Family Policies
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Chiara Saraceno
- Risk and the management of crime
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David Denney
- Financing the Welfare State and The Politics of Taxation
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Nathalie Morel and Joakim Palme
- Social OMC
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Caroline de La Porte
- Evaluation, Evidence
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Ian Greener
- Long-Term Care
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- The Welfare State and International Migration: The European Challenge
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Grete Brochmann and Jon Erik Dølvik
Part IV: Future
- Future of the welfare state?
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