| Description |
1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Welfare in society : three worlds or one? / Richard Rose and Rei Shiraton -- Common goals but different roles : the state's contribution to the welfare mix / Richard Rose -- Welfare and "welfare" in America / Nathan Glazer -- Development of the welfare mix in Japan / Naomi Maruo -- Dynamics of the welfare mix in Britain / Richard Rose -- Civic conception of the welfare state in Scandinavia / Erik Allardt -- Development, structure, and prospects of the German social state / Wolfgang Zapf -- Israeli welfare system -- a nation with a difference / Shmuel Eisenstadt -- Overcommitment in pensions : the Japanese experience / Yukio Noguchi -- Future of the welfare state / Rei Shiratori -- Appendix : Data about major industrial nations. |
| Summary |
A unique comparative examination of the different ways in which modern democratic societies provide welfare today, with special attention to the US, Japan, Britain, Scandinavia, West Germany, and Israel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Welfare state -- Congresses.
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Welfare state. |
| Indexed Term |
Welfare services - Comparative studies |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Rose, Richard, 1933-
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Shiratori, Rei, 1937-
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Allardt, Erik.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Welfare state East and West. New York : Oxford University Press, 1986 (DLC) 86000697 |
| ISBN |
1423758307 (electronic book) |
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9781423758303 (electronic book) |
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1601295979 |
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9781601295972 |
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1280439394 |
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9781280439391 |
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0195039564 (Cloth) |
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9780195039566 |
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