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Takeshi Hieda - Political Institutions and Elderly Care Policy - 9781349348466 - V9781349348466
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Political Institutions and Elderly Care Policy

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Description for Political Institutions and Elderly Care Policy Paperback. Although most advanced industrialized countries are facing population aging and other social changes, public long-term care programs for the aged are remarkably diverse across them. This book accounts for the variations in elderly care policy by combining statistical analysis with historical case studies of Sweden, Japan and the USA. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JPB; JPP; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Although most advanced industrialized countries are facing population aging and other social changes, public long-term care programs for the aged are remarkably diverse across them. This book accounts for the variations in elderly care policy by combining statistical analysis with historical case studies of Sweden, Japan and the USA.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349348466
SKU
V9781349348466
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About Takeshi Hieda
TAKESHI HIEDA is an Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan He studies comparative political economy and comparative welfare states, and has published several articles in Social Policy & Administration and other scholarly journals.

Reviews for Political Institutions and Elderly Care Policy
'Takeshi Hieda has written an insightful and readable book about a serious problem - funding long-term care for a growing aging population. He not only demonstrates the diversity of national approaches to the problem but also explains this diversity by looking at how electoral rules promote universalistic and particularistic policies. Quantitative analyses support his arguments, and qualitative case studies of ... Read more

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