The rise and fall of the welfare state / Asbjørn Wahl ; translated by John Irons.

  • Wahl, Asbjørn
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Velferdsstatens vekst--og fall? English

Description

"In an age of government imposed austerity, and after 30 years of neo-liberal restructuring, the future of the welfare state looks increasingly uncertain. Asbjørn Wahl offers an accessible analysis of the situation across Europe, identifies the most important challenges and presents practical proposals for combating the assault on welfare. Wahl argues that the welfare state should be seen as the result of a class compromise forged in the 20th century, which means that it cannot easily be exported internationally. He considers the enormous shifts in power relations and the profound internal changes to the welfare state which have occurred during the neo-liberal era, pointing to the paradigm shift that the welfare state is going through. This is illustrated by the shift from welfare to workfare and increased top-down control. As well as being a fascinating study in its own right that will appeal to students of economics and politics, The Rise and Fall of the Welfare State also points to an alternative way forward for the trade union movement based on concrete examples of struggles and alliance-building."-- Publisher's website.

Publication/Creation

London : Pluto Press, 2011.
Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan

Physical description

x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes

"This is an updated and partly newly written, translated version of a book I published in Norwegian in 2009"--Page ix.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The power base -- The turning point -- The shift in the balance of power -- The attacks -- The brutalization of work -- The misery of symbol politics -- Challenges and alternatives.

Language note

Text in English, translated from Norwegian.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    JC479 2011W13r
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780745331393
  • 0745331394