Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States: United Germany in Perspective - Hardcover

Leisering, Lutz; Leibfried, Stephan

9780521590136: Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States: United Germany in Perspective

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521590132 ISBN 13: 9780521590136

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States is the English language adaptation of one of the most important contributions to welfare economics published in recent years. Professors Leibfried and Leisering offer a time-based (dynamic) analysis of the study of poverty, and suggest the need for a radical rethinking of conventional theoretical and policy approaches. Its methodology will make it of great interest to students and researchers in the social sciences, with particular importance for social policy and welfare economics.

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Book Description:

Time, Life and Poverty is the English-language adaptation of one of the most important contributions to welfare economics published in recent years. Professors Leibfried and Leisering offer a time-based (dynamic) analysis of the study of poverty, and suggest the need for a radical re-think of conventional theoretical and policy approaches. Its methodology will make it of great interest to students and researchers in the social sciences, with particular importance for social-policy and welfare economics.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

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