Wealth and welfare states : is America a laggard or leader? / Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater, and Timothy Smeeding.
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نصالناشر:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010وصف:ix, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
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- 0199579318 (pbk)
- 9780199579310 (pbk)
- 019957930X
- JC479 G37 2010
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JC479 G37 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000147700 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JC479 G37 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000147699 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-238) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Why All Rich Nations Have Large Welfare States -- 3. The Size, Nature, and Universality of Welfare State Transfers -- 4. How Welfare State Programs Redistribute Income, Reduce Poverty and Inequality, Build and Sustain Human Capital, and Promote Opportunity -- 5. A Short American-centric History of Welfare State Programs and Outcomes -- 6. Explaining American Exceptionalism: Laggard in Public Relief and Social Insurance - Leader in Education -- 7. Explaining US Divergence in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century: The Long Swing Right -- 8. The Future of the American Welfare State.
"This book explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations, and in particular looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere."--BOOK JACKET.
