Dilemmas of Care in the Nordic Welfare State

Dilemmas of Care in the Nordic Welfare State
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781351159944
ISBN-13 : 1351159941
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Synopsis Dilemmas of Care in the Nordic Welfare State by : Tine Rask Eriksen

The Nordic welfare model has become an ideal in feminist literature and in welfare state studies. This has heightened scientific and political interest in the model and its key aspects, including the provision and production of care as public responsibility. In this engaging volume, contributors from various professional disciplines - including sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists and educationalists - provide a comprehensive overview of the complex state of paid work in social care within the Nordic welfare states and of the dilemmas facing state-provided care in the region. They develop insights into the conditions, practices and trends in the area of paid care in the social and health care sector, insights that expose the dilemmas and tensions associated with paid care and care education. Divided into four parts, the book will greatly interest academics, post-graduate students and professionals concerned with the Nordic model and welfare states. It will also benefit those from outside the region interested in a specific Nordic tradition of research on publicly-provided care and the current dilemmas and challenges facing training in care.

Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism

Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 546
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ISBN-10 : 0521634962
ISBN-13 : 9780521634960
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism by : Herbert Kitschelt

In the early 1980s, many observers, argued that powerful organized economic interests and social democratic parties created successful mixed economies promoting economic growth, full employment, and a modicum of social equality. The present book assembles scholars with formidable expertise in the study of advanced capitalist politics and political economy to reexamine this account from the vantage point of the second half of the 1990s. The authors find that the conventional wisdom no longer adequately reflects the political and economic realities. Advanced democracies have responded in path-dependent fashion to such novel challenges as technological change, intensifying international competition, new social conflict, and the erosion of established patterns of political mobilization. The book rejects, however, the currently widespread expectation that 'internationalization' makes all democracies converge on similar political and economic institutions and power relations. Diversity among capitalist democracies persists, though in a different fashion than in the 'Golden Age' of rapid economic growth after World War II.

Welfare State Legitimacy in Times of Crisis and Austerity

Welfare State Legitimacy in Times of Crisis and Austerity
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Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781788976305
ISBN-13 : 1788976304
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Welfare State Legitimacy in Times of Crisis and Austerity by : Tijs Laenen

Has there been change or continuity in the welfare attitudes of Europeans since the 2008 financial crisis? Using data from the European Social Survey, this book reveals how various types of welfare attitudes evolved between 2008, when the crisis triggered economic recessions and welfare reforms across Europe, and 2016, when most countries had largely recovered from that crisis.

Social Security in Ireland

Social Security in Ireland
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Publisher : Gill & MacMillan
Total Pages : 373
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ISBN-10 : 0717134253
ISBN-13 : 9780717134250
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Security in Ireland by : Anthony McCashin

A comprehensive and critical analysis of social security provision in the Republic of Ireland today.

The Twentieth-century Welfare State

The Twentieth-century Welfare State
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Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105024898632
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Synopsis The Twentieth-century Welfare State by : David Gladstone

The welfare state has been one of the most significant developments in 20th-century Britain. Drawing on recent research, this volume narrates its principal changes and provides a thematic historical introduction.

The Transformation of Welfare States?

The Transformation of Welfare States?
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 9781134765706
ISBN-13 : 1134765703
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis The Transformation of Welfare States? by : Nick Ellison

'Globalization', institutions and welfare regimes -- The challenge of globalization -- Globalization and welfare regime change -- Towards workfare? : changing labour market policies -- Labour market policies in social democratic and continental regimes -- Population ageing, GEPs and changing pensions systems -- Pensions policies in continental and social regimes -- Conclusion : welfare regimes in a liberalizing world.

Social Policies and Social Control

Social Policies and Social Control
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Publisher : Policy Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 9781447310754
ISBN-13 : 1447310756
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Policies and Social Control by : Malcolm Harrison

This book offers an innovative account of social-control and behaviorist thinking in social policies and welfare systems and the impact it has had on disadvantaged groups. The contributors review how controls have been applied to individuals and households and how these interventions have narrowed social rights. They illuminate the links between social control developments, welfare systems, and the liberalization of economics, and they highlight the negative impact that behaviorist assumptions--and the subsequent strategies that have grown out of them--have had on the disadvantaged. Overall the volume provides a cutting-edge critical engagement with contemporary policy developments.

From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm

From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm
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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages : 398
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ISBN-10 : 9789089642523
ISBN-13 : 9089642528
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm by : J. Timo Weishaupt

This illuminating book examines the origins and evolution of labor market policy in Western Europe in three phases: a manpower revolution during the 1960s and 1970s; a phase of international disagreement about the causes of and remedies for unemployment, which triggered a variety of policy responses in the late 1970s and 1980s; and, finally, the emergence of an activation paradigm in the late 1990s, the influence of which continues to reverberate today. J. Timo Weishaupt contends that the evolution of labor market policy is determined not only by historical trajectories or coalitional struggles, but also by policy makers' changing normative and cognitive beliefs. Including case studies of Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, this study will be of value to anyone interested in labor market policy and its governance.

Continuity and Change

Continuity and Change
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015032942933
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Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Continuity and Change by : Anne Cohen Kiel

This book describes modern Norwegian society, exploring the recent changes it has endured and the future it faces. The authors examine such topics as Norwegian identity, the welfare state, family patterns, educational and legal systems, environmental and immigration policies, and the indigenous peoples of Norway.

Switzerland in Europe

Switzerland in Europe
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9781136815027
ISBN-13 : 1136815023
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Switzerland in Europe by : Christine Trampusch

The book provides the first systematic overview of Swiss political economy in comparative perspective. It provides an analysis of major socio-economic institutions, economic actors, economic and social policies, and political institutions and their recent changes.