edited by Herbert Obinger, Stephan Leibfried, and Francis G. Castles.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Note on illustrations; 1 Introduction: Federalism and the welfare state; Federalism and social policy; Varieties of federalism; Varieties of welfare states; How federalism affects the welfare state: theoretical approaches; The book at a glance; 2 Australia: Federal constraints and institutional innovations; 3 Canada: Nation-building in a federal welfare state; 4 The United States: Federalism and its counter-factuals; 5 Austria: Strong parties in a weak federal polity.
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This unique and provocative volume written by ten leading experts is a comparative study of the evolution of political institutions and welfare states in the six oldest federal states - Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the US. The study reveals that federalism impedes and facilitates social policy development.