| Description |
xiv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Questions -- 1. Question - Weaker welfare state? -- 2. Focus of the Question - Trade-off between growth and welfare -- 3. Viewpoints -- 4. Past Arguments -- 5. Outline of Argument -- 2. Civil Society and the Welfare State -- 1. Civil Society - Three virtues -- 2. Market Economy - Overwhelming competition -- 3. Welfare State - Recovery of social balance -- 3. Setback of the Welfare States - Sweden, UK, Japan, US -- 1. Prelude - Before the 1970s -- 2. Setback of the Welfare States - Since the 1980s -- 4. Arguments on the Future Welfare State -- 1. Government Leaders -- 2. Arguments by Non-government Writers -- 3. Questions Remaining -- 5. People's Choice -- 1. Revealed Preferences - Higher welfare and higher burden -- 2. Hidden Preferences - What increasing pathological social phenomena suggest -- 6. Toward a Citizens' Welfare State -- 1. Restoring the Social Balance - Long-term prospect -- 2. Restoring the Social Balance - Short-term prospect |
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App. Statistical Tables for Sweden, UK, Japan, US |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Welfare state -- Sweden.
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Welfare state -- Great Britain.
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Welfare state -- Japan.
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Welfare state -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2001087940 |
| ISBN |
0754617033 |
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