{"product_id":"the-welfare-state-revisited-joszs-antonio-ocampo-9780231185448","title":"The Welfare State Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe welfare state has been under attack for decades, but now more than ever there is a need for strong social protection systems--the best tools we have to combat inequality, support social justice, and even improve economic performance. In this book, José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz bring together distinguished contributors to examine the global variations of social programs and make the case for a redesigned twenty-first-century welfare state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Welfare State Revisited \u003c\/i\u003etakes on major debates about social well-being, considering the merits of universal versus targeted policies; responses to market failures; integrating welfare and economic development; and how welfare states around the world have changed since the neoliberal turn. Contributors offer prescriptions for how to respond to the demands generated by demographic changes, the changing role of the family, new features of labor markets, the challenges of aging societies, and technological change. They consider how strengthening or weakening social protection programs affects inequality, suggesting ways to facilitate the spread of effective welfare states throughout the world, especially in developing countries. Presenting new insights into the functions the welfare state can fulfill and how to design a more efficient and more equitable system, \u003ci\u003eThe Welfare State Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading on the most discussed issues in social welfare today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e José Antonio Ocampo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231185448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231185448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018","brand":"José Antonio Ocampo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48135950336255,"sku":"9780231185448","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f23644e0-2ed8-463b-8b21-aab36662571c.jpg?v=1770159520","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-welfare-state-revisited-joszs-antonio-ocampo-9780231185448","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}