The Future of the Welfare State: Crisis Myths and Crisis Realities

by Francis G. Castles

Book Overview

Written by one of the world's leading policy researchers, this book seeks to assess the threat posed to modern welfare states by globalization and demographic change. Using empirical methods, and bringing together insights from across the social sciences, Castles interrogates a range of theories suggesting that the welfare state is in crisis. Systematically using data for 21 advanced OECD nations, he distinguishes crisis myths from crisis realities,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199270171
• ISBN13: 9780199270170
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"