Francis G. (Hrsg.) Castles

Federalism and the Welfare State

New World and European Experiences

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Ten experts question prevailing views that federalism always inhibits the growth of social solidarity. Their comparative study of the evolution of political institutions and welfare states in the six oldest federal states--Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, the U.S.--reveals that federalism can facilitate and impede social policy development. Development is contingent on several time-dependent factors and this study suggests that federalism may actually protect the welfare state, and welfare states may enhance national integration.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Leibfried, Stephan (Hrsg.) / Obinger, Herbert (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-521-61184-8
EAN: 9780521611848
Produktnummer: 8262934
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 380 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.0 cm 549 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 549

Über den Autor

Herbert Obinger is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen and principal investigator at its TranState Research Centre. He has written on Swiss federalism, the role of political parties and institutions in shaping recent welfare state development and public policy typologies in advanced democratic states. Stephan Leibfried is Professor of Social Policy and Social Administration in the Department of Political Science at the University of Bremen and co-initiator of Bremen's TranState Research Centre. He has written extensively on welfare state development, and on the effects of European integration as well as globalisation on national welfare states. Francis G. Castles is Professor of Social and Public Policy at the University of Edinburgh. His previous books are The Future of the Welfare State: Crisis Myths and Crisis Realities (2004) and Australia Reshaped: 200 Years of Institutional Tranformation (co-edited with Geoffrey Brennan, Cambridge University Press, 2002).