The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State by Daniel Bland, Ki... - 9780198828389

The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare StateAuthor(s): Daniel Bland, Kimberly J. Morgan, Herbert Obinger, Christopher Pierson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780198828389, 978-0198828389\nSynopsis\nThis is the comprehensively-revised second edition of a volume that was welcomed at its first appearance as 'the most authoritative survey and critique of the welfare state yet published'. Its fifty-one chapters have been written by acknowledged experts in the field from across Europe, Australia, and North America. Some chapters are brand new; all have been systematically revised, and they are right up to date. The first seven sections of the book cover the themes of Ethics, History, Approaches, Inputs and Actors, Policies, Policy Outcomes, and Worlds of Welfare. A final chapter is devoted to the future of welfare and well-being under the imperatives of climate change. Every chapter is written in a way that is b.