The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems: Towards Global Social Policy Science

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Christian Aspalter

The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems

Towards Global Social Policy Science

Christian Aspalter

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Routledge
30 November 2023

Welfare & benefit systems

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

"Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research, the term ""welfare state systems"" has many advantages, as there are numerous different types/models of welfare state systems around the world.

This revised and expanded second edition brings together leading experts to discuss social policy in 32 countries/regions around the world: from the most advanced welfare state systems in Scandinavia and Western Central Europe to the developing powers of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Russia.

Country-specific chapters provide in general a historical overview, discuss major characteristics of the welfare state system, and analyze country-specific problems, as well as critical current and future trends for further discussions, while also providing one (additional) major focal point/issue for greater in-depth analysis.

Including new country case studies on Mali, South Africa, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Vietnam, this book is reframed around urgent contemporary issues including migration and rising social inequalities, LGBTQIA+ rights, universal basic income, and transboundary social policy.

It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of social policy, social development, development economists and health economists, experts in public policy, health policy (including mental health policy), housing policy, education policy, family policy, cis- and trans-gender policy, migration and population policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, as well as social policy and public policy makers and administrators."

Edited by: Christian Aspalter
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 1.760kg
ISBN: 9781032366586
ISBN 10: 1032366583
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Pages: 826
Publication Date: 30 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"1.To Save Humanity We Need to Investigate the Whole World: An Introduction. 2.Ten Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Theory: A Springboard for Global Research. 3.Future Welfare: A Polarized World. 4.The Australian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Welfare Conditionality—The Case of the Income Management System. 5.The American Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Asset- and Means-Tested Social Assistance Programs. 6.The Cuban Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Universalism. 7.The Mexican Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Conditional Cash Transfer Systems. 8.The Chilean Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Social Security Privatization. 9.The Brazilian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Outcomes and Performance of the Welfare State System. 10.The Malian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Transboundary Social Policy. 11.The Nigerian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Challenges of Developing a Social Security System. 12.The South African Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Universal Basic Income. 13.The UK Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Mental Health Care System. 14.The Icelandic Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Gender Equality and LGBTQIA+. 15.The Swedish Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Inequality and the Redistribution Paradox. 16.The French Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Youth Unemployment. 17.The Belgian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on ""Targeting Within Universalism"". 18.The German Welfare State System: A Focus on the Old-Age Pension System. 19.The Austrian Welfare State System: A Focus on the Long-Term Care System. 20.The Swiss Welfare State System: A Focus on Education Policy. 21.The Welfare State System in Spain: A Special Focus on the Social Protection of Immigrant Populations. 22.The Italian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Social Inequalities. 23.The Greek Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Housing Affordability and Homelessness. 24.The Russian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Regional Inequality. 25.The Turkish Welfare State System: A Focus on Human Capital Development. 26.The Israeli Welfare State System: A Focus on Poverty and Inequality. 27.The Indian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Health Outcomes in Comparative Perspective. 28.The Indonesian Welfare State System: A Focus on Social Security Extension in the Development Context. 29.The Singaporean Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Public Housing and the Central Provident Fund. 30.The Vietnamese Welfare State System: A Focus on the Old-Age Income Maintenance System. 31.The Chinese Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Ageing of Society and Social Policy. 32.The Hong Kong Welfare State System: With A Special Focus on Complimentary Social Welfare Initiatives. 33.The Taiwanese Welfare State System: A Focus on the Universal Health Insurance System. 34.The South Korean Welfare State System: A Focus on the Future of Social Insurance Systems. 35.The Japanese Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Financing Social Security in a Super-Super Aged Society. 36.Lessons for the Future of Social Policy and for Humanity: By Way of Conclusion."

Christian Aspalter is Professor of Social Policy at the Department of Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University–Hong Kong Baptist University, United International College, Zhuhai, China. He is the author of more than 25 books on social policy (including health policy) and has published numerous articles in international journals. He is editor of the book series Routledge Studies in Social Welfare in Asia.

Reviews for The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems: Towards Global Social Policy Science

In light of, and being complementary to, the recently published book Ten Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Aspalter and his authors provide a strong in-depth analysis of 32 welfare state systems across the entire world, also within the framework of the descriptive Ten Worlds Theory and the normative Developmental Social Policy Theory. His collected expert chapters encompass Australia, the United States, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North Asia, South Asia and East Asia, literally all continents and most corners of the world. Despite the great number of welfare regimes covered, welfare state systems across the nations presented are fully and deeply analyzed in all their complexities and diversities, covering a most-extensive range of social policy sub-fields, topics and issues. With this new and extended Second Edition of this Handbook, Aspalter and his colleagues have reached a new milestone in light of comparative social policy studies. Wan-I Lin Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan (Taiwan), Emeritus Professor, Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan