Edited book
The State of Welfare: Comparative Studies of the Welfare State at the End of the Long Boom, 1965-1980
Peter Lang
2018
Abstract
The period after 1945 saw a rapid growth in social welfare, with the state taking on increasing responsibility for pensions, health care, unemployment relief and income support. In Western democracies economic growth underpinned state investment and was reinforced by demands from the new social movements of the 1960s. Just as the clamour for reformism reached a crescendo in the late 1960s, the global economy began to falter, culminating in the oil crisis of 1973-1974. This volume explores the factors that shaped the trajectories of welfare state change over this crucial period.
Details
- Title
- The State of Welfare: Comparative Studies of the Welfare State at the End of the Long Boom, 1965-1980
- Authors
- Erik Eklund (Editor) - Federation UniversityMelanie Oppenheimer (Editor) - Flinders UniversityJoanne Scott (Editor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement)
- Publication details
- 223
- Publisher
- Peter Lang
- DOI
- 10.3726/b10548
- ISBN
- 9781787071032; 9781787077935
- Organisation Unit
- Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99655797002621
- Output Type
- Edited book
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