Converging Worlds of Welfare?
british and german social policy in the 21st century
$161.85
- Hardcover
356 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2011
Summary
This book takes stock of major and recent developments in welfare policy in the UK and Germany. Concentrating on trends since the 1990s it compares the similarities and differences between the two countries and analyses the degree to which social attitudes towards welfare provision, fairness, and social justice have changed. It focuses on the policy areas that have been particularly affected in recent years and examines change and possible convergence across threepublic policy domains: family…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199584499 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199584494 |
| Series: | Creating Sustainable Growth in Europe |
| Author: | Jochen Clasen |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 356 |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 688g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 163mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Jochen Clasen
Jochen Clasen gained his Diploma in Sociology from the Free University of Berlin in 1988 and his PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Edinburgh in 1992. Prof. Clasen is an expert in cross-national research on social security and unemployment policy, and has particular expertise in social policy comparisons between Germany and the UK. He has published widely on methodological aspects of cross-national research and is joint editor of the Journalof European Social Policy. Recent books include Investigating Welfare State Change co-edited with Nico Siegel (Edward Elgar, 2007), and Reforming European Welfare States: Germany and the United KingdomCompared (OUP, 2005).
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