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Synopsis
- Second edition of a widely used, and highly respected, reader
- Comprehensively overhauled to make sure content remains at cutting edge of current arguments about welfare
- Also retains all the classic readings, serving to give students a complete overview of the whole range of debates
- Each section is now set in context by an editorial introduction, in addition to the overall introduction to the text.
- Priced competitively
- Can be used alongside Piersons third edition of Beyond the Welfare State?
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Pierson and Castles have compiles a gem of a reader. It presents a true panorama of the opochal writings on Western welfare states, ranging from Thomas Paine to postmodernism. Between these two covers, the reader will find the most influential theoretical and analytical contributions on the causes and consequences of welfare state evolution, diversity and convergence. The collection succeeds brilliantly in bringing out the core controversies and debates. Any student or scholar or social policy will find this book invaluable in the studies. G&østa Esping–Andersen, University of Trento
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"The Welfare State Reader" has rapidly established itself as vital source of outstanding original research. In the second edition of this highly respected Reader, Pierson and Castles have comprehensively overhauled the content, bringing it wholly up-to-date with contemporary discussions about this most crucial area of social and political life. The book includes fifteen new and carefully edited selections, all reflecting the very latest thinking and research in welfare state studies. These readings are organized around a series of current debates on welfare regimes, on globalization, on Europeanization, on demographic change and the political challenges of the new century.There are also two substantial sections devoted to the futures of welfare assessing the new risks and new opportunities that confront policy-makers in an increasingly complex political environment. Each part, as well as the volume overall, is set in context by an editorial introduction. As well as bringing together classic debates, "The Welfare State Reader" constitutes an invaluable guide to what is happening at the cutting edge of welfare research.
Read either independently or alongside the third edition of Pierson's "Beyond the Welfare State", it will give the reader an unrivalled overview of debates surrounding the welfare state."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPolity Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0745622534
- ISBN 13 9780745622538
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
- EditorPierson Christopher, Castles Francis G.
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