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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yankelovich, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2017.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. To the well-being of society
  • 2. The global market economy
  • 3. Promise and peril
  • 4. The American response
  • 5. The Swedish welfare state
  • 6. Social learning
  • 7. Lurch and learn
  • 8. Applying social learning to the welfare state
  • 9. Characteristics of the lurch
  • 10. Reciprocity
  • Selective bibliography.

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