{"product_id":"the-welfare-state-reader-hardback-9780745663685","title":"The Welfare State Reader (Hardback) 9780745663685","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Welfare State Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e''As with previous editions, this Third Edition of The Welfare State Reader is a must for every student of the welfare state, whether approaching the topic through the lens of political science, sociology or social policy.''\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMartin Seeleib-Kaiser, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e''The earlier versions of this book were so good that I could not imagine how to improve upon them. But Pierson, Castles and Naumann have proved me wrong. The value of this, the third edition, has been enhanced tremendously by its strong reorientation towards the dilemmas and difficulties that contemporary welfare states face. This book will surely remain the cornerstone reading in any respectable social policy course worldwide.''\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGøsta Esping-Andersen, Pompeu Fabra University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Pierson (Edited by), C Pierson (Author), Francis G. Castles (Edited by), Ingela K. Naumann (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745663685, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e504 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.709 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Welfare State Reader\u003c\/i\u003e has established itself as a vital source of outstanding original research since its original appearance in 2000. In the third edition, Pierson, Castles and Naumann have comprehensively overhauled the content, bringing it wholly up to date with contemporary discussions about this most crucial area of social and political life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes seventeen new selections, all reflecting the latest thinking and research in welfare state studies. These readings are organized around contemporary debates, such as the current trajectories of, constraints on and challenges to contemporary welfare regimes, as well as evolving ideas and emergent forms that constitute the future of welfare. In particular, new readings focus on issues such as ageing populations and low fertility, climate change and global financial uncertainty, and nascent 'politics of happiness'. As in previous editions, the volume begins with a collection of readings that provide a grounding in core approaches to welfare, and each section is set in context by a new editorial introduction. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs well as bringing together classic debates, \u003ci\u003eThe Welfare State Reader\u003c\/i\u003e represents an invaluable guide to what is happening at the cutting edge of welfare research, giving the reader an unrivalled overview of debates surrounding the welfare state.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditors’ Introduction to the Third Edition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART I - APPROACHES TO WELFARE\u003cbr\u003e The First Welfare State? Thomas Paine\u003cbr\u003e Section 1: ‘Classical’\u003cbr\u003e The Welfare State in Historical Perspective, Asa Briggs\u003cbr\u003e Citizenship and Social Class, T.H. Marshall\u003cbr\u003e Universalism versus Selection, Richard Titmuss\u003cbr\u003e Section 2: Perspectives on the Left\u003cbr\u003e What is Social Justice? Commission on Social Justice\u003cbr\u003e Some Contradictions of the Modern Welfare State, Claus Offe\u003cbr\u003e Section 3: Responses from the Right\u003cbr\u003e The Meaning of the Welfare State, Friedrich Hayek\u003cbr\u003e The Two Wars against Poverty, Charles Murray\u003cbr\u003e The New Politics of the New Poverty, Lawrence M. Mead\u003cbr\u003e Section 4: Feminism\u003cbr\u003e The Patriarchal Welfare State, Carole Pateman\u003cbr\u003e The Welfare State and Women Power, Helga Maria Hernes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART II - WELFARE REGIMES UNDER THREAT\u003cbr\u003e Section 1: Trajectories\u003cbr\u003e Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Gøsta Esping-Andersen\u003cbr\u003e Religion and the Western Welfare State, Philip Manow and Kees van Kersbergen\u003cbr\u003e The New Politics of the Welfare State, Paul Pierson\u003cbr\u003e Section 2: Constraints\u003cbr\u003e Globalization, the Welfare State and Inequality, Duane Swank\u003cbr\u003e The Europeanization of Social Protection: Domestic Impacts and National Responses, Jon Kvist and Juho Saari\u003cbr\u003e Explaining Convergence of OECD Welfare States: a Conditional Approach, Carina Schmitt and Peter Starke\u003cbr\u003e Breaking with the Past? Why the Global Financial Crisis led to Austerity Policies but not to Modernization of the Welfare State, Klaus Armingeon\u003cbr\u003e Section 3: Challenges\u003cbr\u003e Ageing and the Welfare State: Securing Sustainability, Volker Meier and Martin Werding\u003cbr\u003e Very Low Fertility: Consequences, Causes and Policy Approaches, Peter McDonald\u003cbr\u003e Migration, Minorities and Welfare States, Carl-Ulrik Schierup and Stephen Castles\u003cbr\u003e The Politics of the New Social Policies: Providing Coverage against New Social Risks in Mature Welfare States, Giuliano Bonoli\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART III - EMERGING IDEAS, EMERGENT FORMS\u003cbr\u003e Section 1: Emerging Ideas\u003cbr\u003e The Big Society: A New Policy Environment for the Third Sector? Peter Alcock\u003cbr\u003e Diffusing Ideas for After Neoliberalism: The Social Investment Perspective in Europe and Latin America, Jane Jenson\u003cbr\u003e The Governance of Economic Uncertainty: Beyond the ‘New Social Risk’ Analysis, Colin Crouch and Maarten Keune\u003cbr\u003e How Climate Change will Shape the Social Policy Framework, Zahir Sadeque\u003cbr\u003e Basic Income and the Two Dilemmas of the Welfare, State Phillippe van Parijs\u003cbr\u003e Section 2: Emergent Forms\u003cbr\u003e What Adult Worker Model? A Critical Look at Recent Social Policy Reform in Europe from a Gender and Family Perspective, Mary Daly\u003cbr\u003e Beyond Modernization? Social Care and the Transformation of Welfare Governance, Janet Newman, Caroline Glendinning and Michael Hughes\u003cbr\u003e Assessing the Welfare State: The Politics of Happiness, Alexander Pacek and Benjamin Radcliff\u003cbr\u003e Europe’s Post-Democratic Era, Jürgen Habermas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20services%20\u0026amp;%20welfare,%20criminology%20%5BJK%5D%22\"\u003eJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407329325336,"sku":"9780745663685","price":60.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745663685.jpg?v=1784162522","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-welfare-state-reader-hardback-9780745663685","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}