A handbook of comparative social policy /
A handbook of comparative social policy /
edited by Patricia Kennett.
- xvi, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the changing context of comparative social policy / Patricia Kennett
Part I. The state and social policy in a globalizing world
1. Hollowing out the "nation-state" and multi-level governance / Bob Jessop
2. Globalization, the state and welfare : gendering the debate / Jill Steans
3. Globalization, human security and social policy : North and South / Andres Perez-Baltodano
4. Social protection by other means : can it survive globalization? / Ramesh Mishra
Part II. Concepts and definitions
5. Defining comparative social policy / Jochen Clasen
6. Conceptualizing state and society / Graham Crow
7. The ethnocentric construction of the welfare state / Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong
8. The paradox of care : a Chinese Confucian perspective on long-term care / Julia Tao
Part III. Comparing and categorizing social policy, provision and redistribution
9. Robin Hood, St Matthew, or simple egalitarianism? : strategies of equality in welfare states / Walter Korpi and Joakim Palme
10. Gender, citizenship and welfare state regimes / Julia S. O'Connor
11. Structured diversity : a framework for critically comparing welfare states? / Norman Ginsburg
12. Social development and social welfare : implications for social policy / James Midgley
13. Social policy regimes in the developing world / Ian Gough
Part IV. The research process
14. Crossing cultural boundaries / Linda Hantrais
15. Living with imperfect comparisons / Else Oyen
16. Constructing categories and data collection / Patricia Kennett
17. "Fit for purpose?" : qualitative methods in comparative social policy / Steen Mangen
18. The quantitative method in comparative research / Mattei Dogan
Part V. Themes and issues
19. The international and comparative analysis of social exclusion : European perspectives / Graham Room
20. Shelter, housing and inequality / Ray Forrest
21. Globalization and crime / David Nelken
22. Informational society, e-governance and the policy process / Ian Holliday
This volume brings together the commentary of dozens of international scholars working in the field of comparative analysis. Twenty-two contributions explore contemporary debates and issues in cross-national social policy research
1840648864 9781840648867
Social policy.
Globalization.
HN17.5 HAN
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the changing context of comparative social policy / Patricia Kennett
Part I. The state and social policy in a globalizing world
1. Hollowing out the "nation-state" and multi-level governance / Bob Jessop
2. Globalization, the state and welfare : gendering the debate / Jill Steans
3. Globalization, human security and social policy : North and South / Andres Perez-Baltodano
4. Social protection by other means : can it survive globalization? / Ramesh Mishra
Part II. Concepts and definitions
5. Defining comparative social policy / Jochen Clasen
6. Conceptualizing state and society / Graham Crow
7. The ethnocentric construction of the welfare state / Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong
8. The paradox of care : a Chinese Confucian perspective on long-term care / Julia Tao
Part III. Comparing and categorizing social policy, provision and redistribution
9. Robin Hood, St Matthew, or simple egalitarianism? : strategies of equality in welfare states / Walter Korpi and Joakim Palme
10. Gender, citizenship and welfare state regimes / Julia S. O'Connor
11. Structured diversity : a framework for critically comparing welfare states? / Norman Ginsburg
12. Social development and social welfare : implications for social policy / James Midgley
13. Social policy regimes in the developing world / Ian Gough
Part IV. The research process
14. Crossing cultural boundaries / Linda Hantrais
15. Living with imperfect comparisons / Else Oyen
16. Constructing categories and data collection / Patricia Kennett
17. "Fit for purpose?" : qualitative methods in comparative social policy / Steen Mangen
18. The quantitative method in comparative research / Mattei Dogan
Part V. Themes and issues
19. The international and comparative analysis of social exclusion : European perspectives / Graham Room
20. Shelter, housing and inequality / Ray Forrest
21. Globalization and crime / David Nelken
22. Informational society, e-governance and the policy process / Ian Holliday
This volume brings together the commentary of dozens of international scholars working in the field of comparative analysis. Twenty-two contributions explore contemporary debates and issues in cross-national social policy research
1840648864 9781840648867
Social policy.
Globalization.
HN17.5 HAN