Thisisthecomprehensively-revisedsecondeditionofavolumethatwaswelcomedatitsfirstappearanceas’themostauthoritativesurveyandcritiqueofthewelfarestateyetpublished’.Itsfifty-onechaptershavebeenwrittenbyacknowledgedexpertsinthefieldfromacrossEurope,Australia,andNorthAmerica.Somechaptersarebrandnew;allhavebeensystematicallyrevised,andtheyarerightuptodate.ThefirstsevensectionsofthebookcoverthethemesofEthics,History,Approaches,InputsandActors,Policies,PolicyOutcomes,andWorldsofWelfare.Afinalchapterisdevotedtothefutureofwelfareandwell-beingundertheimperativesofclimatechange.Everychapteriswritteninawaythatisbothcomprehensiveandsuccinct,introducingthenovicereadertotheessentialsofwhatisgoingonwhileprovidingnewinsightsforthemoreexperiencedresearcher.Whereverappropriate,thehandbookbringstheverylatestempiricalevidencetobear.Itisabookthatisthoroughlycomparativeineveryway.TheOxfordHandbookoftheWelfareState,secondedition,isacomprehensibleandcomprehensivesurveyofeverythingthatitisimportanttoknowaboutthewelfarestateinthesetroubledtimes.Itisanindispensablesourceforeveryonewhowantstoknowwhatisreallygoingonnow,andwhatislikelytohappennext.
OXFORD AUSTRALIA HANDBOOK STATE History
