The Welfare State as Universal Social Security: A Global Analysis

Over the past decades, the geography of comparative welfare state research has transformed. Whereas scholars used to focus on a limited number of advanced industrialised democracies, they now increasingly study developments in Europe’s periphery, East Asia, and Latin America. So, does this mean that...

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Main Author: Öktem, Kerem Gabriel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cogitatio Press 2020
In: Social Inclusion
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-113
Further subjects:B Welfare State
B Universalism
B social protection
B universal social security
B Social rights
B welfare effort
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