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Age in the welfare state
— the origins of social spending on pensioners, workers and children | | Author(s) | Julia Lynch |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006 |
| Pages | 223 pp (Cambridge studies in comparative politics) |
| Source | Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8RU. |
| Keywords | Social welfare ; Public expenditure ; Social policy ; Comparison ; Italy ; Netherlands ; International. |
| Annotation | Welfare states work better for some age groups than for others. This book asks why does the age orientation of social polices vary from country to country and over time? And what are the political consequences of different strategies redistributing resources across different age groups in society? This book begins with an analysis of social spending patterns in 20 industrialised democracies and how differences can be measured. It explores theories and hypotheses on why countries might vary in their age orientation of their social policies. The second half of the book amplifies and tests these rival hypotheses systematically using paired case studies. These examine the different ways in which family allowances, unemployment benefits and old age pensions have developed in Italy and the Netherlands, and demonstrate the differing roles of the welfare state in the two countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090427001 B |
| Classmark | TY: WN8: TM2: 48: 76V: 76H: 72 |
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