This book analyses the institutions and effects of eleven modern welfare states (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway). Using quantitative data the authors first show that the institutional variety among these countries can be reduced to three main types. Next, they examine the impact of these three "worlds of welfare": the effects on income redistribution, inequality, poverty, and social welfare. The study makes clear that institutions matter, but also that the ...
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This book analyses the institutions and effects of eleven modern welfare states (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway). Using quantitative data the authors first show that the institutional variety among these countries can be reduced to three main types. Next, they examine the impact of these three "worlds of welfare": the effects on income redistribution, inequality, poverty, and social welfare. The study makes clear that institutions matter, but also that the distributive results of welfare state types are not as straightforward as one might expect. Above all, it provides an empirical basis for the policy debate on the strong and weak points of welfare states.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. 2000 edition. Near fine book with no dust jacket. All pages clean, bright, unmarked. Strong, tight spine. Minor edgewear to wraps (bumping), elsefine. 167 pp. Octavo.
