Diminishing Welfare: A Cross-National Study of Social Provision

by Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg

Book Overview

Particularly in the 1990s, social welfare programs have been cut back in a number of countries. Indeed, the phrases ending welfare as we know it or dismantling the welfare state have been used to describe this trend. In this analysis by well-recognized social welfare scholars, the nature and extent of changes in social welfare programs in key industrial or post-industrial countries is scrutinized.

Determining if and how social welfare and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865693110
• ISBN13: 9780865693111
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"