Federalism and the welfare state [electronic resource] : new world and European experiences

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서명/저자사항	Federalism and the welfare state [electronic resource]: new world and European experiences / edited by Herbert Obinger, Stephan Leibfried, and Francis G. Castles.
개인저자	Obinger, Herbert, 1970-. Leibfried, Stephan, 1944-. Castles, Francis Geoffrey.
발행사항	Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
형태사항	1 online resource (xvi, 363 p.) : ill.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Federalism and the welfare state. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521847389 0521611849
ISBN	0511113560 (electronic bk.) 9780511113567 (electronic bk.) 0511113056 9780511113055
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Note on illustrations; 1 Introduction: Federalism and the welfare state; Federalism and social policy; Varieties of federalism; Varieties of welfare states; How federalism affects the welfare state: theoretical approaches; The book at a glance; 2 Australia: Federal constraints and institutional innovations; 3 Canada: Nation-building in a federal welfare state; 4 The United States: Federalism and its counter-factuals; 5 Austria: Strong parties in a weak federal polity.
요약	This unique and provocative volume written by ten leading experts is a comparative study of the evolution of political institutions and welfare states in the six oldest federal states - Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the US. The study reveals that federalism impedes and facilitates social policy development.
일반주제명	Social policy --Case studies. Federal government --Case studies. Democracy --Case studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE --Public Policy --General.
분류기호(DDC)	320.6
언어	영어
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