General & Miscellaneous Public Policies, General & Miscellaneous Government Types, Public Affairs & Administration - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Comparative Public Policy provides the first truly systematic and comprehensive account of the transformation of the postwar state in the advanced countries of the Western world. The author generates new research findings which show how the economic, social and political changes of the post-war era have reshaped modern public policy across the OECD region. Comparative Public Policy is essential reading for students and scholars who wish to understand the dynamics of contemporary social and political development.Editorials
Booknews
Castles (political science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National U.) offers a systematic account of the growth of government and the emergence of the modern welfare state, based on analysis of data covering some 30 years for 21 nations and 12 policy areas. The study examines the ways in which the role of the state has affected labor markets and such personal issues as home ownership, fertility, and divorce. In addition, it addresses such issues as why the trajectory of policy transformation has varied from country to country and throughout time throughout the Western nations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
September 25, 1998
Publisher
Cheltenham, UK ; Edward Elgar, c1998.
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781858988160