Format:
1 Online-Ressource (IX, 224 p)
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
ISBN:
9780230109247
Series Statement:
Political Evolution and Institutional Change
Content:
The modern welfare state is under threat from a variety of fronts. Changing demographic patterns, declining public trust, interest group demands and growing international competition for capital and labour are presenting modern states with intense pressures. This volume examines these competing pressures and offers a coherent analyses of both institutional resilience and institutional change. Adopting an evolutionary approach, this innovative volume demonstrates both how past practices and policies significantly affect the current options and how social and economic forces impinge upon each of these societies in surprisingly different ways. Cross-national in scope and unified in approach, Restructuring the Welfare State examines core issues facing the contemporary welfare state while at the same time significantly advancing historical institutionalist theory
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780312296285
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780312296278
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780312296285
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781349636051
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-230-10924-7
URL:
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