The Three Worlds Of Welfare Capitalism

Author : Gosta Esping-Andersen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 260 pages
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Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745666754

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The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism by Gosta Esping-Andersen Pdf

Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, one of the most distinguished contributors to current debates on this issue, here provides a new analysis of the character and role of welfare states in the functioning of contemporary advanced western societies. Esping-Andersen distinguishes several major types of welfare state, connecting these with variations in the historical development of different western countries. Current economic processes, the author argues, such as those moving towards a post-industrial order, are not shaped by autonomous market forces but by the nature of states and state differences. Fully informed by comparative materials, this book will have great appeal to everyone working on issues of economic development and post-industrialism. Its audience will include students and academics in sociology, economics and politics.

Author : Gosta Esping-Andersen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691028576

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The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism by Gosta Esping-Andersen Pdf

Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in Western societies. The author here provides a new analysis of the character and role of welfare states in the functioning of contemporary advanced Western societies. The author distinguishes three major types of welfare state, connecting these with variations in the historical development of different Western countries. He argues that current economic processes, such as those moving toward a postindustrial order, are shaped not by autonomous market forces but by the nature of states and state differences.

Author : Valentin Marquardt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783638052160

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Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism? by Valentin Marquardt Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 2, University of Tubingen, course: Comparative Research, 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this paper Esping-Andersen’s “The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism” will be illustrated followed by an discussion which is concerned with an empirical critique that refers to the number of welfare-state regimes Esping-Andersen suggests. Since the end of the 20th century, welfare states emerged in every industrialized society to protect its citizens against certain risks and disadvantages. The national differences of these social protection systems are admittedly considerable. This diversity has been ever since an issue for historical and social science and poses challenging questions: What are the differences of the different nation systems? Where do they come from – do they exist due to political, cultural or economic reasons? In 1990 Gøsta Esping-Andersen published “The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism” which became a milestone concerning the field of comparative welfare state research. Since the The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism was published, it is extremely difficult to find even one article on welfare states in which Esping-Andersen’s approach is not at least mentioned. Reams of reviews, articles, critiques and additions were composed. An issue that is discussed ever since and which is still a topic of controversial debates is the number of regime types which should be distinguished. As the title already shows, Esping-Andersen suggests three distinctive welfare-types, but his empirical argumentation in particular caused a debate concerning the actual number of types.

Author : Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0745607969

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The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism by Gøsta Esping-Andersen Pdf

Author : Robert E. Goodin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521596394

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The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism by Robert E. Goodin Pdf

This book traces how individuals fare over time in each of the three principal types of welfare state.

Author : Philip Manow,Bruno Palier,Hanna Schwander
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198807971

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Welfare Democracies and Party Politics by Philip Manow,Bruno Palier,Hanna Schwander Pdf

This volume provides an analytical framework that links welfare states to party systems, combining recent contributions to the comparative political economy of the welfare state and insights from party and electoral politics

Author : Dorothy E. Smith
Publisher : Northeastern Series in Feminis
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018503147

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The Conceptual Practices of Power by Dorothy E. Smith Pdf

Beginning with women's experience, the author examines the field's actual practices of reasoning and conceptualization. She argues that standard sociological methods of inquiry make use of ideological practices, transforming the actualities of people's lives into a formalized picture lacking subjects and subjectivity. The method of Smith recommends anchors a Marxist materialism, based in people's activities, to a woman's stand-point based in experience. She uses this method in a radically original way to explore ideology and objectified knowledge as the conceptual practices of ruling. Smith is equally concerned with the application of sociological ideology to the human service bureacracy and the way institutions of mental health reconstruct women's lives. She provides meticulous accounts of the ways in which police reports, government statistics, hospital records, and pschiatric files are ideologically interpreted, transforming a person's life history in the process. In a revelatory chapter on the biographer Quentin Bell's account of Virginia Woolf's suicide, the author demonstrates how the text implicates the reader in the objectification of Woolf's "psychiatric problems." Highly critical of current sociological practices, The Conceptual Practices of Power both recommends and exemplifies the alternative approach that Smith presented in her earlier work, That Everyday World as Problematic, also published by Northeastern University Press.

Author : Ingo Schmidt
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Socialism
ISBN : 0745336086

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The Three Worlds of Social Democracy by Ingo Schmidt Pdf

What is the current state of social democracy, and what are its prospects? This book is one of the first truly global explorations of the methods, meanings and limits of social democracy worldwide, exploring the history and track record of the movement in its many forms. The authors examine the spread of social democracy to post-colonial and post-communist countries in Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and South Africa, as well as its historical 'heartlands' in Europe. Economic stagnation combined with a weakening of popular left-wing movements, and the rise of the populist right, present formidable challenges for the proponents of social democracy today. This book will be an indispensable guide for anyone seeking a global view of these world-historic developments.

Author : Christopher Pierson,Francis G. Castles
Publisher : Polity
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745635552

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The Welfare State Reader by Christopher Pierson,Francis G. Castles Pdf

Includes 20 selections, reflecting the thinking and research in welfare state studies, these readings are organized around a series of debates - on welfare regimes, globalization, Europeanization, demographic change and political challenges.

Author : Abel Escribà-Folch,Joseph Wright,Covadonga Meseguer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691223056

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Migration and Democracy by Abel Escribà-Folch,Joseph Wright,Covadonga Meseguer Pdf

How remittances—money sent by workers back to their home countries—support democratic expansion In the growing body of work on democracy, little attention has been paid to its links with migration. Migration and Democracy focuses on the effects of worker remittances—money sent by migrants back to their home countries—and how these resources shape political action in the Global South. Remittances are not only the largest source of foreign income in most autocratic countries, but also, in contrast to foreign aid or international investment, flow directly to citizens. As a result, they provide resources that make political opposition possible, and they decrease government dependency, undermining the patronage strategies underpinning authoritarianism. The authors discuss how international migration produces a decentralized flow of income that generally circumvents governments to reach citizens who act as democratizing agents. Documenting why dictatorships fall and how this process has changed in the last three decades, the authors show that remittances increase the likelihood of protest and reduce electoral support for authoritarian incumbents. Combining global macroanalysis with microdata and case studies of Senegal and Cambodia, Migration and Democracy demonstrates how remittances—and the movement of people from authoritarian nations to higher-income countries—foster democracy and its expansion.

Author : Peter A. Hall,David W. Soskice
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199247745

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Varieties of Capitalism by Peter A. Hall,David W. Soskice Pdf

Applying the new economics of organisation and relational theories of the firm to the problem of understanding cross-national variation in the political economy, this volume elaborates a new understanding of the institutional differences that characterise the 'varieties of capitalism' worldwide.

Author : Ali Akbar Tajmazinani
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030577537

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Social Policy in the Islamic World by Ali Akbar Tajmazinani Pdf

This book examines social policy in Muslim countries across the world and the status and role of Islamic teachings in such policies. It fills a gap in the literature by reviewing and comparing the experience of several Muslim countries from across the world. The existing social policy literature lacks a comprehensive appraisal of the social policy scene in Muslim societies, especially from a comparative perspective. This book will be of interest to a wide audience in the academic and policy forums related to and interested in Muslim societies and communities.

Author : Edited by Stefan Svallfors
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804768153

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The Political Sociology of the Welfare State by Edited by Stefan Svallfors Pdf

A comparative analysis of the political attitudes, values, aspirations, and identities of citizens in advanced industrial societies, this book focusses on the different ways in which social policies and national politics affect personal opinions on justice, political responsibility, and the overall trustworthiness of politicians.

Author : Jonathan Rothwell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691206431

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A Republic of Equals by Jonathan Rothwell Pdf

In this provocative book, economist Jonathan Rothwell draws on the latest empirical evidence from across the social sciences to demonstrate how rich democracies have allowed racial politics and the interests of those at the top to subordinate justice. He looks at the rise of nationalism in Europe and the United States, revealing how this trend overlaps with racial prejudice and is related to mounting frustration with a political status quo that thrives on income inequality and inefficient markets. But economic differences are by no means inevitable. Differences in group status by race and ethnicity are dynamic and have reversed themselves across continents and within countries. Inequalities persist between races in the United States because Black Americans are denied equal access to markets and public services. Meanwhile, elite professional associations carve out privileged market status for their members, leading to compensation in excess of their skills.

Author : Bernhard Ebbinghaus,Philip Manow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134521548

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Comparing Welfare Capitalism by Bernhard Ebbinghaus,Philip Manow Pdf

This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies. With approaches ranging from historical case studies to cross-national analyses, the contributors explore various aspects of the relationships between welfare states, industrial relations, financial government and production systems. Building upon and combining comparative studies of both the varieties of capitalism and the worlds of welfare state regimes, the book considers issues such as: *the role of employers and unions in social policy *the interdependencies between financial markets and pension systems * the current welfare reform process. It sheds new light on the tenuous relationship between social policies and market economies and provides thought-provoking reading for students and scholars of Comparative Politics, Public Policy, the Welfare State and Political Economy.