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The A to Z of the Welfare State: 54
Author(s): Bent Greve (Author)
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Publication Date: 29 July 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 248 pages
- ISBN-10: 0810868377
- ISBN-13: 9780810868373
Book Description
Through cross-referenced A to Z entries, this book focuses on the historical development of the welfare state, while simultaneously providing in-depth explanation of core terms and elements of the welfare states, their structure, their present situation, and their historical developments. Supplementing the dictionary entries are a chronology, an introduction, and a bibliography.
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About the Author
Bent Greve is a professor of welfare state analysis at the Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Denmark. He has been the Danish expert to several European Union Commission studies on financing and its implications, social and labor market policies, gender, tele-working, and free movement of workers. He is also regional and special issues editor of Social Policy & Administration. He has written several books and articles on welfare states, and, also the first edition of Historical Dictionary of the Welfare State.
