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The End of the Welfare State?: Responses to State Retrenchment (Studies in European Sociology) - Softcover

 
9780415463263: The End of the Welfare State?: Responses to State Retrenchment (Studies in European Sociology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415463262 ISBN 13: 9780415463263
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

Throughout the world, politicians from all the main parties are cutting back on state welfare provision, encouraging people to use the private sector instead and developing increasingly stringent techniques for the surveillance of the poor. Almost all experts agree that we are likely to see further constraints on state welfare in the 21st Century.

Gathering together the findings from up-to-date attitude surveys in Europe East and West, the US and Australasia, this revealing book shows that, contrary to the claims of many experts and policy-makers, the welfare state is still highly popular with the citizens of most countries. This evidence will add to controversy in an area of fundamental importance to public policy and to current social science debate.

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About the Author

Stefan Svallfors is lecturer of sociology, Umeå University, Sweden.
Peter Taylor-Gooby is professor of social policy at the University of Kent.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415463262
ISBN 13 
9780415463263
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
260
Editor
Svallfors Stefan, Taylor-Gooby Peter