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The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Gosta Esping-Andersen
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Paperback. 1. Esping--Andersen is a leading authority on the welfare state.2. Offers a completely new theoretical framework for understanding the contemporary welfare state and employment structures.3. Offers a new methodology for the comparative analysis of state and social stratification.4. Num Pages: 260 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, one of the most distinguished contributors to current debates on this issue, here provides a new analysis of the character and role of welfare states in the functioning of contemporary advanced western societies.
Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, one of the most distinguished contributors to current debates on this issue, here provides a new analysis of the character and role of welfare states in the functioning of contemporary advanced western societies.
Esping-Andersen distinguishes several major types of welfare state, connecting these with variations in the historical development of different western countries. Current economic processes, the author argues, such as those moving towards a post-industrial order, are not shaped by autonomous market forces but by the ... Read more
Fully informed by comparative materials, this book will have great appeal to everyone working on issues of economic development and post-industrialism. Its audience will include students and academics in sociology, economics and politics.
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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745607962
SKU
V9780745607962
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About Gosta Esping-Andersen
At the time of writing this book, G°sta Esping-Andersen was Professor at the European University Institute, Florence.
Reviews for The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
'This is a pathbreaking book. The author has mastered an extremely wide range of historical and statistical data on modern welfare states and integrated the results of his studies into an original and imaginativee analysis of the dynamics of the three types of welfare state regimes.' Lee Rainwater 'A milestone in the comparative analysis of welfare policies.' Work, ... Read more