Modern families are economic institutions of great productivity. Theycontribute as much to a society's economic well-being as does workerproductivity in formal markets. In Citizens, Families, andReform, SteinRingen shows how long-standing inequalities of income and class areflexible and changing in post-industrial societies. Such inequalitiesrespond to structural changes such as social mobility and to publicpolicies such as those of the welfare state. His book is a study of theprocess from careful statistical analysis to specific policyrecommendations.
Modern families are economic institutions of great productivity. Theycontribute as much to a society's economic well-being as does workerproductivity ...
The Possibility of Politics explores the power of political reform, specifi cally reform of the modern welfare state. Can reform be effective if limited to cautious and piecemeal interventions that avoid radicalism and revolution? Can it also avoid unwanted consequences? Will the welfare state survive in the future?
The Possibility of Politics explores the power of political reform, specifi cally reform of the modern welfare state. Can reform be effective if limit...
The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, Stein Ringen concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. China is less strong economically and more dictatorial politically than the world has wanted to believe....
The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing o...
The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, Stein Ringen concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. China is less strong economically and more dictatorial politically than the world has wanted to believe....
The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing o...
