Social Security Policies in Industrial Countries: A Comparative Analysis

by Margaret S. Gordon

Book Overview

After 25 years of expansion and liberalisation in the post-war period, social security policies in industrial countries have been encountering stresses and strains in the 1970s and 1980s in an environment of slower economic growth, concern over inflation and high unemployment. This has led to intensified controversy between conservatives, who blame economic instability on the generosity of the welfare state and liberals who defend the role of social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521106710
• ISBN13: 9780521106719
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"