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Poverty, Inequality, and the Future of Social Policy : Western States in the New World Order /
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
1995.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Western States in the New World Order / Katherine McFate ; Part I. Poverty, Income Inequality, and Labor Market Insecurity: A Comparative Perspective ; Chapter 1. Markets and States: Poverty Trends and Transfer System Effectiveness in the 1980s / Katherine McFate, Timothy Smeeding, and Lee Rainwater
- Chapter 2. Poverty and Social-Assistance Dynamics in the United States, Canada, and Europe / Greg J. Duncan, Bjorn Gustafsson, Richard Hauser, Gunther Schmaus, Stephen Jenkins, Hans Messinger, Ruud Muffels, Brian Nolan, Jean-Claude Ray, and Wolfgang Voges Chapter 3. A Comparison of Poverty and Living Conditions in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Germany / Susan Mayer ; Chapter 4. Labor Insecurity Through Market Regulation: Legacy of the 1980s, Challenge for the 1990s / Guy Standing
- Chapter 5. The Impact of Technological Change, Deindustrialization, and Internationalization of Trade on Earnings Inequality: An International Perspective / Petter Gottschalk and Mary Joyce Part II. Changing Family Structures: Public Policy and Lone-Parent Families ; Chapter 6. Gender Role and Family Structure Changes in the Advanced Industralized West: Implications for Social Policy / Sheila B. Kamerman ; Chapter 7. French Policies Towards Lone Parents: Social Categories and Social Policies / Nadine Lefaucheur
- Chapter 8. Single Mothers in Sweden: Why Is Poverty Less Severe? / Siv Gustafsson Chapter 9. Lone Parents: The Canadian Experience / Ruth Rose ; Chapter 10. Single Mother Families and Social Policy: Lessons for the United States from Canada, France, and Sweden / Sara McLanahan and Irwin Garfinkel; Part III. Youth Labor Market Policies ; Chapter 11. Is There a Problem with the Youth Labor Market, and If So, How Should We Fix It? / Paul Osterman ; Chapter 12. Apprentice Training in Germany: The Experiences of the 1980s / Bernard Casey
- Chapter 13. Special Measures to Improve Youth Employment in Italy / Enrico Pugliese Chapter 14. Postindustrialization and Youth Unemployment: African Americans as Harbingers / Troy Duster ; Part IV. Minorities in Advanced Industrial Countries ; Chapter 15. Divergent Destinies: Immigration, Poverty, and Entrepreneurship in the United States / Alejandro Portes and Min Zhou ; Chapter 16. The Impact of Economic Change on Minorities and Migrants in Western Europe / Ian Gordon