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

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:

Richard Scullion is Senior Lecturer in Marketing Communication at the Media School, Bournemouth University, UK. Roman Gerodimos is Senior Lecturer in Global Current Affairs at the Media School, Bournemouth University, UK. Daniel Jackson is Senior Lecturer in the Media School, Bournemouth University, UK Darren G Lilleker is Senior Lecturer in Political Communication in the Media School, Bournemouth University, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415463262
• ISBN 13: 9780415463263
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Svallfors Stefan