Title Families of nations : patterns of public policy in Western democracies / edited by Francis G. Castles

Published Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Dartmouth, [1993] ©1993

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Description xxiii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Changing course in economic policy : the English-speaking nations in the 1980s / Francis G. Castles -- Politics of price stability : why the German-speaking nations are different / Andreas Busch -- Worlds of welfare and families of nations / Francis G. Castles and Deborah Mitchell -- Coping with economic crisis : labour supply as a policy instrument / Gaby von Rhein-Kress -- Gendered labour force participation / Manfred G. Schmidt -- Politics of childhood : the rights of children in modern times / Gor̈an Therborn -- Why divorce rates differ : law, religious belief and modernity / Francis G. Castles and Michael Flood -- Beyond the lonely nation-state / Gor̈an Therborn Analysis Australia overseas comparisons Child welfare Developed countries Economic policy Families Family Germany Labour market Policy analysis Scandinavia Social policy Women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Policy sciences. Author Castles, Francis G. (Francis Geoffrey), 1943- LC no. 93020004 ISBN 1855213451

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