Welfare State Change in Leading OECD Countries : The Influence of Post-Industrial and Global Economic Developments
by Ingmar J. Schustereder
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2010
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| Authors: | Schustereder, Ingmar J. |
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Wiesbaden : Gabler Verlag / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden |
| Subject: | Sozialstaat | Welfare state | Globalisierung | Globalization | Soziale Lage | Social situation | Postindustrielle Gesellschaft | Post-industrial society | OECD-Staaten | OECD countries | Wohlfahrtsstaat | Sozioökonomischer Wandel |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] ; Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (XVII, 222p. 11 illus, digital) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-222) and index Foreword; Acknowledgement; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Research Scope; 1.2 Theoretical Framework; 1.3 Methodology; 1.4 Course of Investigation; Part I The Welfare State and Welfare Capitalism; 2 Theoretical Foundations of the Welfare State; 2.1 The Welfare State; 2.1.1 Definition of the TermsWelfare and Welfare State; 2.1.2 The Core Functions of the Welfare State; 2.2 Political Economic Theories on the Rise of the Welfare State; 2.3 Welfare State Regimes and the Classification of Advanced Capitalist Welfare States 2.3.1 Esping-Andersen's Welfare State Regime Approach2.3.1.1 The Welfare State Regimes and De-Commodification; 2.3.1.2 The Welfare State Regimes and Social Stratification; 2.3.1.3 The Welfare State Regimes and De-Familialization; 2.3.2 Classification of Advanced Capitalist Welfare States; 3 Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: Interlinking Welfare State and Production Regimes; 3.1 Varieties of Production Regimes; 3.2 The Welfare State-Economy Nexus; 3.3 Classification of Welfare Capitalist Systems; Part II Historical Development and Contemporary Challenges of the Advanced Capitalist Welfare State 4 Historical Phases of Welfare State Development4.1 Social Protection in the Pre-Welfare State Era; 4.2 The Genesis of the Welfare State; 4.3 The Interwar Period of Consolidation; 4.4 The "Golden Age" of Major Welfare State Expansion; 4.5 The Welfare State in the Post-"Golden Age" Era; 5 Post-Industrial Challenges of the Contemporary Capitalist Welfare State; 5.1 The Phenomenon of Deindustrialization; 5.2 The Demographic Shift; 5.3 Changing Household Structures and the Rise of New Social Risks; 5.4 Welfare State Maturation and Labor Market Imbalances 5.5 Post-Industrial Pressures and Agents of Welfare State Change: Partisan Politics versus New Politics6 Economic Globalization and the Contemporary Capitalist Welfare State; 6.1 The Underlying Causal Forces of Economic Globalization; 6.2 The Three Dimensions of Economic Globalization; 6.2.1 The Globalization of Product Markets; 6.2.1.1 Trade Globalization72; 6.2.1.2 Foreign Direct Investment and the Globalization of Corporate Activities76; 6.2.2 The Globalization of Capital Markets81; 6.2.3 The Globalization of Labor Markets88 6.3 The Effects of Global Economic Forces on the Welfare State: Four Different Hypotheses6.3.1 The Openness Literature; 6.3.1.1 The Competitiveness View; 6.3.1.2 The Compensation View; 6.3.1.3 The Curvilinear View; 6.3.2 The Context-Contingent View - Globalization and Varieties of Welfare Capitalism; Part III Empirical Analyses of the Driving Forces Behind the Contemporary Capitalist Welfare State; 7 Methodological Issues in Comparative Welfare Capitalism Research; 8 A Quantitative Study on the Determinants of Welfare Spending; 8.1 Patterns of Public Social Spending 8.2 The Econometric Analysis |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8349-8622-1 ; 978-3-8349-1901-4 |
| Other identifiers: | 10.1007/978-3-8349-8622-1 [DOI] |
| Classification: | Theorie der Wirtschaftspolitik, Wohlfahrtstheorie |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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