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The Changing Face of Welfare
Jorgen(Ed) Andersen
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Description for The Changing Face of Welfare
Paperback. There have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this book develops a critical analysis of policy change and welfare reform in Europe. Editor(s): Andersen, Jorgen Goul; Guillemard, Anne-Marie; Jensen, Per H.; Pfau-Effinger, Birgit. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
There have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this book develops a critical analysis of policy change and welfare reform in Europe. The book applies a dynamic and change oriented perspective to shed light on policy changes that are often poorly understood in the welfare literature, and contributes to a further development of the theoretical and conceptual frameworks for understanding social change. Using citizenship as a focus, several dimensions of change are analysed simultaneously: changes in the discipline of social policy itself; the changing character of ... Read more
There have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this book develops a critical analysis of policy change and welfare reform in Europe. The book applies a dynamic and change oriented perspective to shed light on policy changes that are often poorly understood in the welfare literature, and contributes to a further development of the theoretical and conceptual frameworks for understanding social change. Using citizenship as a focus, several dimensions of change are analysed simultaneously: changes in the discipline of social policy itself; the changing character of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861345912
SKU
V9781861345912
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Ref
99-50
About Jorgen(Ed) Andersen
Jørgen Goul Andersen is Professor of Political Sociology, Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the co-ordinator of the Danish Election Programme and the ISSP programme, and a member of the Board of the Danish Democracy and Power Programme. Anne-Marie Guillemard is Professor of Sociology, with a Chair at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Paris-Sorbonne. ... Read more
Reviews for The Changing Face of Welfare
"A much needed, European comparative study of welfare state change from a citizenship perspective. Genuinely multidisciplinary, critical and comprehensive." Wim van Oorschot, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, the Netherlands