The Enabling State: Modern Welfare Capitalism in America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195058949)

Over the last two decades new arrangements have emerged for the finance and delivery of social welfare in the United States and other industrial democracies. Moving beyond the conventional paradigm of the welfare state, these arrangements form an alternative model. This study details a fresh vision of social welfare transfers--how they are delivered, and whom they benefit. The authors explore the use of private enterprise and market-oriented approaches to the delivery of social provisions, and examine how welfare benefits are derived from the full range of modern social transfers including tax expenditures, credit subsidies, and those induced by regulatory activity. Reappraising the modern boundaries of social welfare, this book provides insights into the structure and dynamics of a novel social model that will open new avenues for scientific study and public debate.

Author: Neil Gilbert
ISBN-10: 0195058941
ISBN-13: 9780195058949
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/19/1989
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.88h x 5.86w x 0.81d