Spanish Society After Franco: Regime Transition and the Welfare State
Steen Paul Mangen
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Description for Spanish Society After Franco: Regime Transition and the Welfare State
Hardcover. This text investigates the origins of collective social welfare in Spain from the early 19th-century, to set the context for an analysis of contemporary social policy from the perspective of economic and political trends since the transition of democracy in the mid 1970s. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBTB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 475.
Spanish Society After Franco investigates the origins of collective social welfare from the early nineteenth century, to set the context for an analysis of contemporary social policy from the perspective of economic and political trends since the transition of democracy in the mid-1970s. The review of policy evolution is complemented by an examination of the critical impact of social change, particularly the decline of the power of the church, regional devolution, the gender dimension and social exclusion.
Spanish Society After Franco investigates the origins of collective social welfare from the early nineteenth century, to set the context for an analysis of contemporary social policy from the perspective of economic and political trends since the transition of democracy in the mid-1970s. The review of policy evolution is complemented by an examination of the critical impact of social change, particularly the decline of the power of the church, regional devolution, the gender dimension and social exclusion.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333654620
SKU
V9780333654620
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99-15
About Steen Paul Mangen
STEPHEN MANGEN is Lecturer in European Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Together with Linda Hantrais has coordinated the Cross-National Research Group since 1985.
Reviews for Spanish Society After Franco: Regime Transition and the Welfare State
'...an excellent account and analysis of social welfare under both socialist and Center-Right governments in the last quarter-century...' - Choice