The Withering of the Welfare State

Since the 1970s the public commitment to social solidarity between citizens through comprehensive provision of welfare has been eroded by the imperatives of international markets. In this volume the problems posed to public intervention are analyzed. The contributors compare and evaluate how different countries have dealt with these challenges.

Autorentext
MATT BEECH Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK MAHRUKH DOCTOR Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK SIMON LEE Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK CHRIS MARTIN Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK ELIZABETH MONAGHAN Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK JUSTIN MORRIS Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK LORD NORTON OF LOUTH Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK NOEL O'SULLIVAN Emeritus Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK EDWARD PAGE Professor, Department of Government, London School of Economics, UK LORD BHIKHU PAREKH Emeritus Professor, University of Westminster and University of Hull, UK NICHOLAS WHEELER Professor, Department of International Politics, University of Aberystwyth, UK RICHARD WOODWARD Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK RUDI WURZEL Reader, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK

Inhalt
Foreword; R.Plant From Citizen Solidarity to Self-Serving Inequality; J.Hayward PART I: PUBLIC INTERVENTION: THE ROLES OF STATE AND SOCIETY The Rationale for the Retreat From the Welfare State; N.O'Sullivan Expanding the Role of Civil Society; E.Monaghan Multicultural Society and the Welfare State; B.Parekh PART II: VICISSITUDES OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES Constitutional Change and the Tensions of Liberal Democracy; P.Norton The Welfare State and its Discontents; M.Beech Bureaucracy: Disregarding Public Administration; E.Page PART III: INTRUSIVE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET FORCES From Financing Social Insurance to Insuring Financial Markets: The Socialisation of Risk and the Privatisation of Profit in an Age of Irresponsibility; S.Lee & R.Woodward The Environmental Challenge to Nation States: From Limits to Growth to Ecological Modernisation; R.Wurzel Inequality, Social Policy and the State Welfare Regime: the Case of Brazil; M.Doctor PART IV: THE RESIDUAL WARFARE STATE Human Welfare in a World of States: Reassessing the Balance of Responsibility; J.Morris & N.Wheeler Free-Riding? The Cost of Defence: The United Kingdom, France and the United States of America; C.Martin Conclusion: Remaining the Welfare State?; J.Connelly