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Social Policy in Western Europe and the USA, 1950–80

An Assessment

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Roger Girod

    1. University of Geneva, Switzerland

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  2. Patrick Laubier

    1. University of Geneva, Switzerland

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  3. Alan Gladstone

    1. International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Social Research and the Development of Social Policy Objectives

    • Roger Girod
    Pages 1-12

  3. Three Forecasts for Our Time

    • Patrick de Laubier
    Pages 13-26

  4. Social Policy — Crisis or Mutation

    • Jacques Delcourt
    Pages 27-55

  5. Swiss Social Policy Since 1950

    • Hans-Peter Tschudi
    Pages 57-70

  6. Trends in the Social Policy Aims of the United States (1960–1980)

    • Philippe Bénéton
    Pages 71-90

  7. Social Policy in Sweden (1950–1980)

    • Jürgen Hartmann
    Pages 91-100

  8. Social Welfare and Social Services in Italy Since 1950

    • Pierpaolo Donati
    Pages 101-111

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 112-117
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About this book

This volume seeks to trace certain tendencies and developments in social policy in Western Europe and the United States. In the first, which is general, Professor Girod recalls the objectives of social policy as well as offering a number of scenarios or strategies for the future of social policy. The social policy philosophy of Schumpeter, Hayek and Röpke, and their current vitality, are traced by Professor de Luabier. Professor Delcourt, in his chapter on Social Policy - crisis or mutation?, presents a critical analysis of various trends in social policy and in particular the elitist philosophy of Hirschmann. The second part of the volume deals with particular national experiences: Switzerland by Professor Tschudi; Sweden by Dr. Hartmann; the United States by Professor Bénéton; and Italy by Professor Donati. The book broadly covers the diverse range of subject matter encompassed within the term 'social policy' and should be of great value both to social policy practitioners as well as to those academics concerned with the fields of economics, sociology and political science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Geneva, Switzerland

    Roger Girod, Patrick Laubier

  • International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

    Alan Gladstone

About the editors

PHILIPPE BÉNÉTON is Professor at Rennes University, France JACQUES DELCOURT is Professor at the Catholic Unievrsity of Louvain, Belgium PIERPAOLO DONATI is Professor of Sociology, University of Bologna, Italy JÜRGEN HARTMANN is at the European Centre for Social Welfare Training and Research, Vienna, Austria and the University of Uppsala, Sweden HANS-PETER TSCHUDI is Professor at the University of Basle and former President of Switzerland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Policy in Western Europe and the USA, 1950–80

  • Book Subtitle: An Assessment

  • Editors: Roger Girod, Patrick Laubier, Alan Gladstone

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07576-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: International Institute for Labour Studies 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-37838-0Published: 13 February 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-07578-2Published: 01 January 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07576-8Published: 14 February 1985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 117

  • Topics: Sociology of the Body, Urban Studies/Sociology, Social Policy

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