Enterprise and the Welfare State
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- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
25 June 1998
Summary
This text argues that there is more to welfare than simply provision by the state and so the focus of this book is on the welfare society rather than on the welfare state. A multidisciplinary approach is used to examine the design of the pensions systems in nine countries with different institutional welfare mixes. Using a common conceptual framework, the book compares and contrasts the goals and realities of the welfare systems in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, where strong occ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781858986647 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1858986648 |
| Author: | Martin Rein, Eskil Wadensjö |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 June 1998 |
| Weight: | 640g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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’… anyone who wants to be an expert in this field should read this book. There is nothing to be criticized in either the research or the presentation by the authors. Indeed, the chapters are well written… . Altogether I can enthusiastically recommend this book for people in this field. It is well written, comprehensive, and the result of much work.’
About The Author
Martin Rein
Edited by the late Martin Rein, formerly Professor of Social Policy, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US and Eskil Wadensjö, Professor Emeritus, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden
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