The State of Welfare: Comparative Studies of the Welfare State at the End of the Long Boom, 1965-1980

ISBN-13: 9781787071032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 232 str.

Erik Eklund; Melanie Oppenheimer; Joanne Scott

Opis

The period after 1945 saw the rapid growth of social welfare in western democracies, but in the late 1960s the global economy began to falter, followed by the oil crisis of 1973-1974. This book explores the trajectories of welfare state change over this crucial period, bringing together a range of case studies at both country and provincial level.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Erik Eklund/Melanie Oppenheimer/Joanne Scott: The Welfare State at the End of the Long Boom, 1965-1980: Themes and Issues - Hugh Pemberton: UK Pensions: The Making and Breaking of a Welfare Consensus - Stuart C. Aveyard: «Soup kitchens disguised as factories»? Employment Policy and the Irrelevance of Neoliberalism in Northern Ireland - Fiona Dukelow: «Some sort of super welfare state»? The «Rediscovery» of Poverty and Irish Welfare State Change in the 1970s - Joanne Scott/Melanie Oppenheimer/Erik Eklund: A «program of such potential»: The Australian Assistance Plan - Linda Bryder: «Money in itself does not equate with welfare»: Ideas around the Welfare State in 1970s New Zealand and Their Consequences - Alvin Finkel: Social Policy in Canada, 1965-1980: Why First Reform and then Neoliberalism Were Constrained - Nicole Kramer: Like a Solid Rock? Forces of Continuity and Silent Mutations within the Federal Republic of Germany's Welfare State Development - Stephan Köppe: Sweden: What Crisis? Welfare State Expansion during the Oil Crisis - Pat Thane: The Welfare State at the End of the Long Boom: Summary, Synthesis and Further Thoughts on the British Model

O autorze

Erik Eklund holds a chair in Australian History at Federation University, Australia, where he is Director of the Centre for Gippsland Studies. He is interested in labour history and regional history, including industrial heritage, social policy history, oral history and memory, and comparative regional histories.

Melanie Oppenheimer holds the Chair of History at Flinders University, South Australia. Her research interests include the role of voluntary organizations and patriotic funds in times of peace and war, the history of volunteering and voluntary action, and gender and imperialism.

Joanne Scott is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Business and Law and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. She has published on Australian and Queensland history, labour history, gender and race relations, oral history, popular culture and higher education.