Preface / Evelyn Z. Brodkin and Gregory Marston -- Introduction -- Work and the welfare state / Evelyn Z. Brodkin -- Street-level organizations and the welfare state / Evelyn Z. Brodkin -- What's at issue: politics, policies, and jobs -- The American welfare state : two narratives / Michael...

As an immediate reaction to the recent financial crisis, it has been criticized that many economists are still acting as economic advisers for Ministries or the bureaucracy, although they have not been able to foresee the crisis . Academic economists still hold central positions in policy...

I Socialpolitik - en historisk bakgrund, internationella jämförelser och aktuella politiska utmaningar ges ett historiskt och internationellt perspektiv på den svenska socialpolitikens utveckling, allt från tidigt 1800-tal fram till i dag. Tre socialpolitiska skeden behandlas. Det första...