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Andrew Gamble - Can the Welfare State Survive - 9780745698731 - V9780745698731
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Can the Welfare State Survive

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Description for Can the Welfare State Survive Hardcover. After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .

After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response. The welfare state is seen as a burden on wealth creation which can no longer be afforded in an ever more competitive global economy. There are calls for it to be dismantled altogether.

In this incisive book, leading political economist Andrew Gamble explains why western societies still need generous inclusive welfare states for all their citizens, and are rich enough to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
Series
Global Futures
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745698731
SKU
V9780745698731
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Andrew Gamble
Andrew Gamble is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Queens� College, Cambridge

Reviews for Can the Welfare State Survive
�This is an incredibly useful book, on a subject that could not be more important.� Progress

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