:values and social policy in comparative perspective
First Statement of Responsibility
/ edited by Wim van Oorschot, Michael Opielka, Birgit Pfau-Effinger
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cheltenham, UK ;Northampton, MA
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: Edward Elgar
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 322 p.
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: ill.
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; 24 cm
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The culture of the welfare state : historical and theoretical arguments / Wim van Oorschot, Michael Opielka and Birgit Pfau-Effinger -- Liberalism, citizenship and the welfare state / Julia S. O'Connor and Gillian Robinson -- Social democratic values in the European welfare states / Steinar Stejern -- Conservatism and the welfare state : intervening to preserve / Kees van Kersbergen and Monique Kremer -- Christian foundations of the welfare state : strong cultural values in comparative perspective / Michael Opielka -- European and American welfare values : case studies in cash benefits reform / Robert Walker -- Is there a specific East-Central European welfare culture? / Zsuzsa Ferge -- Welfare policy reforms in Japan and Korea : cultural and institutional factors / Ito Peng -- Cultural change and path departure : the example of family policies in conservative welfare states / Birgit Pfau-Effinger -- Cultures of activation : the shifting relationship between income maintenance and employment promotion in the Nordic context / Bjrn Hvinden -- Unsettled attachments : national identity, citizenship and welfare / John Clarke and Janet Fink -- European scope-of-government beliefs : the impact of individual, regional and national characteristics / John Gelissen -- Popular deservingness perceptions and conditionality of solidarity in Europe / Wim van Oorschot -- The values of work and care among women in modern societies / Detlev Leuck and Dirk Hofeacker.