Social versus corporate welfare: competing needs and interests within the welfare state

Drawing on comparative data from a number of countries, this book examines the size, uses and importance of corporate welfare in a number of welfare states. KEVIN FARNSWORTH Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield,UK. He has previously written on corporate power and influence, business and public policy, class struggle and social policies and occupational welfare. His two previous books are 'Corporate Power and Social Policy' and 'Social Policy in Challenging Times' (with Zoe Irving). INDICE: List of Tables - List of Figures - Preface and Acknowledgements - Corporate Welfare Versus Social Welfare: Competing Needs and Interests within the Welfare State - The Political Economy of Social-Corporate Welfare: Competing Interests and Competing Needs within Various Capitalisms - Globalisation, Competing Interests and Governance - Varieties of Support within Various Capitalisms - Corporate welfare programmes - Welfare and the Global Economic Crisis- Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27453-2
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 27/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés