Welfare And Work In The Open Economy: Volume ll: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges: Volume II: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges: 2 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199240922 ISBN 13: 9780199240920

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2001

Synopsis

In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of their policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom as well as special studies on the participation of women in the labour market, early retirement, the liberalization of public services, and international tax competition.

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Review

These books are major benchmark studies of welfare states and the problems of adjustment, and provide lucid and valuable analyses of contemporary capitalism. (West European Politics)

Much of the two books is taken up with charting in very rich and absorbing detail the precise nature of responses and adjustments. There are some truly excellent country studies. (West European Politics)

About the Author

Fritz W. Scharpf is at Max Plank Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne. Vivien A. Schmidt is at Boston University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199240922
• ISBN 13: 9780199240920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 680
• Editor: Scharpf Fritz W.