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Cradle To Grave

Comparative Perspectives On The Welfare State

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Studies in Social Revaluation (STSR)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Welfare State in the Western World: American, British and Scandinavian Experience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction: The Price of Solutions

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 3-8
    3. Welfare Dependency

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 9-13
    4. Education in the Welfare State

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 14-19
    5. Health in the Welfare State

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 20-25
    6. Housing in the Welfare State

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 26-32
    7. Employment in the Welfare State

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 33-37
    8. The Welfare State and the Family

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 38-55
    9. The Tenets of the Welfare State

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 56-61
  3. The Unusual Case of Switzerland

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
    2. Introduction: the Swiss Approach to Poverty

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 65-68
    3. The Swiss Welfare System

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 69-77
    4. The Family and Other Limitations on Welfare Dependency

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 78-85
    5. The Extent of Welfare Dependency in Switzerland

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 86-90
    6. Negative Factors

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 91-95
  4. What are the Lessons?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. Is Switzerland a Special Case?

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 99-100
    3. What Really Makes Switzerland Different?

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 101-106
    4. The Autonomous Local Community

      • Ralph Segalman, David Marsland
      Pages 107-108

Authors and Affiliations

  • California State University, Northridge, USA

    Ralph Segalman

  • Brunel University, UK

    David Marsland

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