Title The transformation of welfare states? / Nick Ellison.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 223 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-223) and index.
Contents	'Globalization', institutions and welfare regimes -- The challenge of globalization -- Globalization and welfare regime change -- Towards workfare? : changing labour market policies -- Labour market policies in social democratic and continental regimes -- Population ageing, GEPs and changing pensions systems -- Pensions policies in continental and social regimes -- Conclusion : welfare regimes in a liberalizing world.
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Summary	This accessible work provides a 'political sociology' of welfare states in industrial societies, with both historical and contemporary perspectives. Ellison focuses on the social and political underpinnings of a number of welfare regimes and looks at the transformations they have undergone and the challenges they face. This book assesses current debates about the role of 'globalization' in welfare state change, paying particular attention to contemporary views about the capacity of embedded institutional structures to limit the effects of global economic pressures. Ellison assesses the changing.
Subject	Public welfare.
	Social policy.
	Welfare state.
	Globalization -- Social aspects.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
	Globalization -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00943547
	Public welfare. (OCoLC)fst01083250
	Social policy. (OCoLC)fst01122738
	Welfare state. (OCoLC)fst01173685
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Ellison, Nicholas, 1952- Transformation of welfare states?. London ; New York : Routledge, 2006 0415142504 0415142512 (DLC) 2005007664 (OCoLC)58546276
Standard No.	10.4324/9780203099490 doi
ISBN	0203099494 (electronic bk.)
	9780203099490 (electronic bk.)
	0415142504 (Cloth)
	9780415142502 (Cloth)
	113476569X
	9781134765690
	0415142512 (paperback)
	9780415142519 (paperback)

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