Capitalist political economies compared: Peter Hall and David Soskice (eds.), Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage (Oxford University Press 2001). Sweden's welfare state: Bo Rothstein, ...
Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, and comparative perspective, David Garland brings a new understanding to familiar debates, policies, and institutions.
A major orginal work of social theory, this book presents a distinctive and tightly argued theoretical model for understanding the basis of welfare in society.
A major orginal work of social theory, this book presents a distinctive and tightly argued theoretical model for understanding the basis of welfare in society.
The book offers an overall conspectus of current policy issues against the historical background from which they arise.
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The cost in terms of social needs, equality and democracy may have been even higher. The Welfare State provides strategies to rebuild public services and is directed towards campaigners, government employees and politicians.