How societies learn : adapting the welfare state to the global economy /

The theme of Daniel Yankelovich's Zetterberg Lecture is timely and urgent: how do societies learn? We know that individuals can learn, but can collectivities do likewise? More specifically, how can complex political systems adapt to a changing world? Yankelovich focuses specifically on the seve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yankelovich, Daniel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2017.
Temas:
Public welfare > United States.
Public welfare > Sweden.
Social adjustment > United States.
Social adjustment > Sweden.
Welfare state.
International economic relations > Social aspects.
Aide sociale > Suède.
Adaptation sociale > États-Unis.
Adaptation sociale > Suède.
État providence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
International economic relations > Social aspects
Public welfare
Social adjustment
Welfare state
Sweden
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The theme of Daniel Yankelovich's Zetterberg Lecture is timely and urgent: how do societies learn? We know that individuals can learn, but can collectivities do likewise? More specifically, how can complex political systems adapt to a changing world? Yankelovich focuses specifically on the severe problems of the different attempts to treat welfare in the United States and Sweden. What kind of strategies can be attempted to accommodate these systems to the economic forces of globalization? Yankelovich answers by citing a version of trial and error in human affairs, a process of "lurch and learn." Yankelovich suggests that future changes in welfare systems will have to rely on mechanisms of reciprocity, rather than the claims of specific interest groups. Sociologist and public opinion analyst, Daniel Yankelovich is co-founder with Cyrus Vance and current president of the Public Agenda, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizenship education organization based in New York City. He is a past chairman of the board of Transaction. This is the first of the Hans L. Zetterberg Lecture Series delivered at the City University of Stockholm in 1997
Notas:"Originally published in 1998 by the author and Stiftelsen City-universitetet"--Title page verso
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781351320702
135132070X

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