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020 $a9780198032243 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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100 1 $aGilbert, Neil $q(Neil Gilbert).
245 10 $aTransformation of the Welfare State$h[electronic resource].
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2007.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aSince the early 1970s, debate has raged over the "crisis of the welfare state." As the United States successfully exported its bootstrap brand of capitalism and an ever-broadening range of public activity came to be viewed through the prism of profit and loss, social welfare policies wereclosely scrutinized worldwide. Welfare was no longer seen as a means to remedy the inherent flaws of capitalism, but rather was recast as part of the very problem it was designed to solve. At the same time, the glaring systemic deficiencies of extant welfare systems-and the psychological toll ofwelfare dependency--became increasingly apparent, even to welfare's supporters. How much has really changed in the world of welfare? A great deal, according to Neil Gilbert, one of our most deeply engaged and thoughtful analysts of social welfare policy...
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2007.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1583 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1583 KB).
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aSociology
655 7 $aElectronic books.$2local
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