Can the Welfare State Compete?: A Comparative Study of Five Advanced Capitalist Countries

Gough, Ian, Alfred Pfaller and Goran Therborn:

ISBN 10: 0333487559 / ISBN 13: 9780333487556

Published by Palgrave Macmillan 04.03.1991., 1991

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354 Seiten Exemplar aus einer wissenchaftlichen Bibliothek Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 536 22,0 x 14,4 x 3,2 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Can the Welfare State Compete?: A Comparative Study of Five Advanced Capitalist Countries
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 04.03.1991.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333487559
• ISBN 13: 9780333487556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Auflage: 1991.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 536 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Alle Bücher

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Synopsis

The authors examine how the USA, Great Britain, France, Sweden and Germany have responded to the increasing challenge of international competition since the mid-1970s. Apart from in Sweden, the pursuit of competitiveness has undermined economic and social citizenship rights, and this has, in Britain and the USA, engendered an assault upon the idea of the welfare state. Solidarity and social discipline will be severely tested if the welfare state is to remain economically and politically viable in a highly competitive modern world.