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- Poverty, Inequality, and the Future of Social Policy: Western States in the New World Order
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- 1995
- Published by: Russell Sage Foundation
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"Extremely coherent and useful, this much needed volume is concerned with the current status of the poor in Western industrial states. Its closely linked essays allow comparisons between case studies and are often themselves cross-national comparisons....The essays also comment on the meaning of globalization for social policy." —Choice "Excellent and tightly integrated articles by a group of prominent international scholars....A timely and important book, which will surely become the basic reference point for all future research on inequality and social policy." —Contemporary Sociology The social safety net is under strain in all Western nations, as social and economic change has created problems that traditional welfare systems were not designed to handle. Poverty, Inequality, and the Future of Social Policy provides a definitive analysis of the conditions that are fraying the social fabric and the reasons why some countries have been more successful than others in addressing these trends. In the United States, where the poverty rate in the 1980s was twice that of any advanced nation in Europe, the social protection system—and public support for it—has eroded alarmingly. In Europe, the welfare system more effectively buffered the disadvantaged, but social expenditures have been indicted by many as the principal cause of high unemployment. Concluding chapters review the progress and goals of social welfare programs, assess their viability in the face of creeping economic, racial, and social fragmentation, and define the challenges that face those concerned with social cohesion and economic prosperity in the new global economy. This volume illuminates the disparate effects of government intervention on the incidence and duration of poverty in Western countries. Poverty, Inequality, and the Future of Social Policy is full of lessons for anyone who would look beyond the limitations of the welfare debate in the United States.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Part I. Poverty, Income Inequality, and Labor Market Insecurity: A Comparative Perspective
- Part II. Changing Family Structures: Public Policy and Lone-Parent Families
- Part III. Youth Labor Market Policies
- Part IV. Minorities in Advanced Industrial Countries
- Part V. The Future of Social Policy
- Chapter 22. The Social Question
- pp. 665-692
- Name Index
- pp. 715-722
- Subject Index
- pp. 723-756
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610446686
Related ISBN(s)
9780871545107, 9780871545930
MARC Record
OCLC
906809559
Pages
768
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1995