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An analysis of the welfare state from a political economy perspective that examines the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on industrial

The welfare state is one of Britain's crowning achievements. Or is it? In this seminal book, now studied in universities in Britain and elsewhere, James Barthol

The welfare state is still very much central in people’s everyday lives. The welfare state is at the same time contested and debated, and has often been argue

The welfare state plays a key role in people’s everyday lives in developed societies. At the same time, the welfare state is contested and there are constant

This Very Short Introduction discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, a