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Author Hieda, Takeshi, 1977-

Title Political institutions and elderly care policy : comparative politics of long-term care in advanced democracies / Takeshi Hieda
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents Introduction -- Understanding the Politics of Universalistic Social Care Services: a Theoretical Framework -- Political Institutional Conditions for the Development of Elderly Care Programs: Quantitative Evidence -- Sweden: The Manipulative State -- Japan: 'MHW and Japan's Miracle', in a Sense -- The United States of America: Evolution without Revolution -- Conclusion: Political Institutions, Voter-Politician Linkage, and Universalistic Social Policy -- Bibliography
Summary Even though most advanced industrialized countries are facing population aging, feminization of the labour market and other social transformations, public long-term care programs for theaged are remarkably diverse across them. This book maintains that political institutions have generated the cross-national variations of public elderly care policy. It argues that when electoral rules and party systems encourage political parties to compete with each other over public policy, the welfare state is likely to promote the development of public elderly care programs. By contrast, when these political institutions foster patronage-based political competition, elderly care programs are less likely to thrive. This book offers a stylized theoretical model for the variation of social protection systems and proves its theoretical claim by combining sophisticated statistical analysis with in-depth historical case studies of Sweden, Japan and the U.S
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Older people -- Long-term care -- Case studies
Older people -- Long-term care -- Government policy -- Case studies
Welfare & benefit systems -- Sweden -- Japan -- USA.
Public administration -- Sweden -- Japan -- USA.
Care of the elderly -- Sweden -- Japan -- USA.
Comparative politics -- Sweden -- Japan -- USA.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Eldercare.
Politics and Government.
Older people -- Long-term care
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137031051
1137031050
0230361781
9780230361782
1283532212
9781283532211
9786613844668
6613844667