A handbook of comparative social policy
| Titel: | A handbook of comparative social policy / ed. by Patricia Kennett |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, c2004 |
| Umfang: | XVI, 422 S. : Ill. ; 24 cm |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| RVK-Notation: | Vorliegende Ausgabe: | Online-Ausg.: 2004. - Online-Ressource. |
| ISBN: | 1845421582 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9781845421588 (Sekundärausgabe) |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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- List of figures
- p. vii
- List of tables
- p. viii
- List of contributors
- p. ix
- Acknowledgements
- p. xvi
- Introduction: the changing context of comparative social policy
- p. 1
- Part I
- The State and Social Policy in a Globalizing World
- 1
- Hollowing out the 'nation-state' and multi-level governance
- p. 11
- 2
- Globalization, the state and welfare: gendering the debate
- p. 26
- 3
- Globalization, human security and social policy: North and South
- p. 50
- 4
- Social protection by other means: can it survive globalization?
- p. 68
- Part II
- Concepts and Definitions
- 5
- Defining comparative social policy
- p. 91
- 6
- Conceptualizing state and society
- p. 103
- 7
- The ethnocentric construction of the welfare state
- p. 116
- 8
- The paradox of care: a Chinese Confucian perspective on long-term care
- p. 131
- Part III
- Comparing and Categorizing Social Policy, Provision and Redistribution
- 9
- Robin Hood, St Matthew, or simple egalitarianism? Strategies of equality in welfare states
- p. 153
- 10
- Gender, citizenship and welfare state regimes
- p. 180
- 11
- Structured diversity: a framework for critically comparing welfare states?
- p. 201
- 12
- Social development and social welfare: implications for social policy
- p. 217
- 13
- Social policy regimes in the developing world
- p. 239
- Part IV
- The Research Process
- 14
- Crossing cultural boundaries
- p. 261
- 15
- Living with imperfect comparisons
- p. 276
- 16
- Constructing categories and data collection
- p. 292
- 17
- 'Fit for purpose?' Qualitative methods in comparative social policy
- p. 307
- 18
- The quantitative method in comparative research
- p. 324
- Part V
- Themes and Issues
- 19
- The international and comparative analysis of social exclusion: European perspectives
- p. 341
- 20
- Shelter, housing and inequality
- p. 355
- 21
- Globalization and crime
- p. 373
- 22
- Informational society, e-governance and the policy process
- p. 388
- Index
- p. 405
