Into the Promised Land
Issues Facing the Welfare State
Published on 30. October 2000
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-275-96905-9 (ISBN)
Description
Ben-Arieh and Gal draw together a collection of original essays by leading researchers on issues of major importance to all welfare states, alongside a special focus on developments in the Israeli welfare state. The essays dealing directly with issues pertaining to the Israeli welfare state represent an original attempt to present a full picture of Israeli social policy.
By focusing on the politics and the making of social policy in a variety of countries, the essays contribute to a better understanding of the development and issues facing welfare states around the world. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with social welfare and social policy issues.
By focusing on the politics and the making of social policy in a variety of countries, the essays contribute to a better understanding of the development and issues facing welfare states around the world. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with social welfare and social policy issues.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-96905-9 (9780275969059)
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Persons
ASHER BEN-ARIEH is Associate Director for Research and Development at the National Council for the Child in Israel and heads its Center for Research and Public Education. He is a faculty member of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since 1990 he has been the project director and editor of the annual State of the Child in Israel-A Statistical Abstract.
JOHN GAL is Lecturer in Social Policy at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on subjects dealing with poverty and unemployment, social security, and social welfare in Israel and in a comparative context. Among other publications, he has edited a volume dealing with child poverty in Israel.
JOHN GAL is Lecturer in Social Policy at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on subjects dealing with poverty and unemployment, social security, and social welfare in Israel and in a comparative context. Among other publications, he has edited a volume dealing with child poverty in Israel.
Content
Preface
Perspectives on the Welfare State
Normative and Consequentialist Arguments for the Welfare State by Ian Gough
Welfare States, Universal Human Needs and Objective Human Welfare: Some Social Science and Socio-legal Perspectives by John Carrier and Ian Kendall
Representation of Gender Equality Issues in Liberal Welfare States in the Context of Restructuring by Julia O'Connor
Exclusion, Solidarity and the Challenge of Globalization by Graham Room
Fifty Years of Social Security Policy Making: A Participant's Journey by Abraham Doron
Issues in the Study of the Isreali Welfare State
Issues and Developments in the Israeli Welfare State by Jack Habib
Values, Categorical Benefits and Categorical Legacies in the Israeli Welfare State by John Gal
Does the Knesset Matter? MK's Influence on the Making of Social Policy in Israel by Asher Ben-Arieh
Democracy for the People? Welfare Policy Making in Israel by Yael Yishai
Issues in the Development of the Welfare State
Social Protection in the Post-War Era: The OECD Experience by Francis Castles
Privatization and Commercialization in a Global Context by Ernie Lightman
Dominance, Contest and Reframing by Martin Rein
Troublesome Targeting: On the Multilevel Causes of Non-Take-Up by Wim Van Oorschot
The Future of Social Policy Making by Hugh Heclo
Index
Perspectives on the Welfare State
Normative and Consequentialist Arguments for the Welfare State by Ian Gough
Welfare States, Universal Human Needs and Objective Human Welfare: Some Social Science and Socio-legal Perspectives by John Carrier and Ian Kendall
Representation of Gender Equality Issues in Liberal Welfare States in the Context of Restructuring by Julia O'Connor
Exclusion, Solidarity and the Challenge of Globalization by Graham Room
Fifty Years of Social Security Policy Making: A Participant's Journey by Abraham Doron
Issues in the Study of the Isreali Welfare State
Issues and Developments in the Israeli Welfare State by Jack Habib
Values, Categorical Benefits and Categorical Legacies in the Israeli Welfare State by John Gal
Does the Knesset Matter? MK's Influence on the Making of Social Policy in Israel by Asher Ben-Arieh
Democracy for the People? Welfare Policy Making in Israel by Yael Yishai
Issues in the Development of the Welfare State
Social Protection in the Post-War Era: The OECD Experience by Francis Castles
Privatization and Commercialization in a Global Context by Ernie Lightman
Dominance, Contest and Reframing by Martin Rein
Troublesome Targeting: On the Multilevel Causes of Non-Take-Up by Wim Van Oorschot
The Future of Social Policy Making by Hugh Heclo
Index