Welfare States and the Future

Welfare states in perspective / Pradip Bose -- Economic foundations of welfare state systems / Sandwip Kumar Das -- A world economy based on the welfare state principle / Hartmut Elsehans -- Globalization and welfare states / Ramesh Mishra -- The British welfare state : development and challenges / Tom Burden -- The welfare state system in France / Sophie Nadal -- The welfare state in postwar Germany / Lutz Leisering -- The welfare state in Austria / Emmerich Talos and Marcel Fink -- The Swedish welfare state and new challenges / Nimmi Kurian -- Political economy of the Finnish welfare state / Jukka Pekkarinen -- Challenges facing the Danish welfare state / JГёrn Henrik Petersen -- Modernization of the European model of social protection / Joakim Palme -- Recent welfare reforms in the United States / Asha Gupta -- Canada's changing welfare state / B. Vivekanandan -- Welfare designs and peripheral realities : the Brazilian dilemma / Dilip Loundo -- South Africa : reflections on establishing a welfare state / Albert J. Venter -- The welfare state in Japan and China : development and challenges / Christian Aspalter -- The welfare state system in India / Anand Kumar Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction: Welfare States and the Future....Pages 1-13 Welfare States in Perspective....Pages 14-19 Economic Foundations of Welfare State Systems....Pages 20-40 A World Economy Based on the Welfare State Principle....Pages 41-61 Globalization and Welfare States....Pages 62-77 The British Welfare State: Development and Challenges....Pages 78-96 The Welfare State System in France....Pages 97-112 The Welfare State in Postwar Germany....Pages 113-130 The Welfare State in Austria....Pages 131-150 The Swedish Welfare State and New Challenges....Pages 151-160 Political Economy of the Finnish Welfare State....Pages 161-177 Challenges Facing the Danish Welfare State....Pages 178-199 Modernization of the European Model of Social Protection....Pages 200-222 Recent Welfare Reforms in the United States....Pages 223-236 Canada’s Changing Welfare State....Pages 237-271 Welfare Designs and Peripheral Realities: The Brazilian Dilemma....Pages 272-296 South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Welfare State....Pages 297-316 The Welfare State in Japan and China: Development and Challenges....Pages 317-335 The Welfare State System in India....Pages 336-363 Back Matter....Pages 364-391 Welfare states in perspective / Pradip Bose Economic foundations of welfare state systems / Sandwip Kumar Das A world economy based on the welfare state principle / Hartmut Elsehans Globalization and welfare states / Ramesh Mishra The British welfare state : development and challenges / Tom Burden The welfare state system in France / Sophie Nadal The welfare state in postwar Germany / Lutz Leisering The welfare state in Austria / Emmerich Talos and Marcel Fink The Swedish welfare state and new challenges / Nimmi Kurian Political economy of the Finnish welfare state / Jukka Pekkarinen Challenges facing the Danish welfare state / Jørn Henrik Petersen Modernization of the European model of social protection / Joakim Palme Recent welfare reforms in the United States / Asha Gupta Canada's changing welfare state / B. Vivekanandan Welfare designs and peripheral realities : the Brazilian dilemma / Dilip Loundo South Africa : reflections on establishing a welfare state / Albert J. Venter The welfare state in Japan and China : development and challenges / Christian Aspalter The welfare state system in India / Anand Kumar. The domain of the welfare state has greatly expanded to encompass a large number of developing countries. Social policy in the nascent welfare states has remained a little explored and an even less understood subject. This handy volume makes a valuable contribution to the literature on comparative social policy with 16 country case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America with five contextual chapters. As these contributions reveal, there is no single model that can be presented as a universal one, with temporal and spatial variations being the norm rather than the exception. These national variants are emerging within distinct socio-historical contexts and with developmental priorities that distinguish social policies in the South from their affluent counterparts in the North. The book also engages in a stimulating debate on the on-going reforms in several countries and assesses the future of the welfare state in the globalising era. The book makes a powerful case for the continued relevance of the welfare state especially its redistributive functions "The domain of the welfare state has greatly expanded to encompass a large number of developing countries. Social policy in the nascent welfare states has remained little explored and even less understood. This volume makes a valuable contribution to the literature on comparative social policy, with a number of country case-studies on Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America, and five contextual chapters. The contributions reveal that there is no single model that can be presented as a universal one, with temporal and spatial variations being the norm rather than the exception."--Jacket This volume presents a thought provoking analysis of key welfare state issues engaging policy makers across the globe. It provides a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the state of welfare states- developed and developing. It maps the diversity of welfare regimes across the world and brings to fore the particularities and nuances that characterise them. The book also focuses on the on-going reforms and makes a powerful case for the increased relevance of the welfare state in a globalizing era.