The future of the welfare state:crisis myths and crisis realities

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Castles Francis Geoffrey
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford
Publication Dates: c2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xi, 197 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0199270171 (hbk.)
0199273928 (pbk.)
Index Number: D57
CLC: D57
Call Number: D57/C353
Contents: "Based on an examination of twenty-one OECD countries over the period of 1980-98"--P. [vii].
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index.
On crises, myths, and measurements -- A race to the bottom? -- The structure of social provisision -- A European welfare state convergence? -- Explaining expenditure outcomes -- Population ageing and the public purse -- Birth-rate blues: a real crisis in the making? -- Towards a steady-state welfare state?