Development of Welfare States in Europe and America - 9781138535138

Name: Development of Welfare States in Europe and America - 9781138535138
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Development of Welfare States in Europe and AmericaAuthor(s): Peter Flora\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138535138, 978-1138535138\nSynopsis\nThis volume seeks to contribute to an interdisci-plinary, comparative, and historical study of Western welfare states. It attempts to link their historical dynamics and contemporary problems in an international perspective.\n\nBuilding on collaboration between European-and American-based research groups, the editors have coordinated contributions by economists, political scientists, sociologists, and historians. The developments they analyze cover a time span from the initiation of modern national social policies at the end of the nineteenth century to the present.\n\nThe experiences of all the presently existing Western European systems except Spain and Por-tugal are systematically encompassed, with com-parisons developed selectively with the experi-ences of the United S.