Welfare State Transformations and Inequality in OECD Countries
This book analyzes how recent welfare state transformations across advanced democracies have shaped social and economic disparities. The authors observe a trend from a compensatory paradigm towards supply oriented social policy, and investigate how this p
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Welfare State Transformations and Inequality in OECD Countries
Edited by Melike Wulfgramm, Tonia Bieber and Stephan Leibfried
Transformations of the State Series Editors Achim Hurrelmann Carleton University Ottawa, Canada Stephan Leibfried University of Bremen Bremen, Germany Kerstin Martens University of Bremen Bremen, Germany Peter Mayer University of Bremen Bremen, Germany
The modern state is under threat - its powers increasingly eroded. This series examines the current and future prospects for a traditional conception of the state to provide readers with the ‘state of the art’ on the ‘state of the state’. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14399
Melike Wulfgramm • Tonia Bieber • Stephan Leibfried Editors
Welfare State Transformations and Inequality in OECD Countries
Editors Melike Wulfgramm Department of Political Science University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark
Tonia Bieber Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany
Stephan Leibfried SOCIUM University of Bremen Bremen, Germany
Transformations of the State ISBN 978-1-137-51183-6 ISBN 978-1-137-51184-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-51184-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958799 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW, United Kingdom
“This outstanding volume examines the impact of welfare state transformations on the development of social inequality. Recent decades have witnes
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