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Welfare State Transformations and Inequality in OECD Countries
. Ed(S): Wulfgramm, Melike; Bieber, Tonia; Leibfried, Stephan
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Hardback. Editor(s): Wulfgramm, Melike; Bieber, Tonia; Leibfried, Stephan. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book analyzes how recent welfare state transformations across advanced democracies have shaped social and economic disparities. The authors observe a trend from a compensatory paradigm towards supply oriented social policy, and investigate how this phenomenon is linked to distributional outcomes. How – and how much – have changes in core social policy fields alleviated or strengthened different dimensions of inequality? The authors argue that while the market has been the major cause of increasing net inequalities, the trend towards supply orientation in most social policy fields has further contributed to social inequality. The authors work from sociological and political ... Read more
This book analyzes how recent welfare state transformations across advanced democracies have shaped social and economic disparities. The authors observe a trend from a compensatory paradigm towards supply oriented social policy, and investigate how this phenomenon is linked to distributional outcomes. How – and how much – have changes in core social policy fields alleviated or strengthened different dimensions of inequality? The authors argue that while the market has been the major cause of increasing net inequalities, the trend towards supply orientation in most social policy fields has further contributed to social inequality. The authors work from sociological and political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Series
Transformations of the State
Number of Pages
321
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137511836
SKU
V9781137511836
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Wulfgramm, Melike; Bieber, Tonia; Leibfried, Stephan
Melike Wulfgramm is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. Tonia Bieber is Senior Researcher at the Kolleg-Forschergruppe ‘Transformative Power of Europe’ of the Otto-Suhr-Institute, Free University of Berlin, Germany. Stephan Leibfried is Research Professor for Public Policy at the University of Bremen, Germany.
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