The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State

Author/editor: Francis G Castles|Stephan Leibfried|Jane Lewis|Herbert Obinger|Christopher Pierson
Year published: 2010
Abstract
The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State is the authoritative and definitive guide to the contemporary welfare state. In a volume consisting of nearly fifty newly-written chapters, a broad range of the world's leading scholars offer a comprehensive account of everything one needs to know about the modern welfare state.