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The World Politics of Social Investment: Volume II: The Politics of Varying Social Investment Strategies (International Policy Exchange) by Julian L. Garritzmann (editor), Silja Häusermann (editor), Bruno Palier (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Welfare states around the globe are changing, challenged by the development of knowledge economies. In many countries, policy-makers' main response has been to modernize welfare states by focusing on future-oriented social investment policies that focus on creating, mobilizing, and preserving human skills and capabilities. Yet, there is massive variance in the development of social investment strategies. The World Politics of Social Investment: Political Dynamics of Reform is the second of two volumes of the World Politics of Social Investment (WOPSI) project, which systematically maps and explains different welfare reform strategies in democratic countries around the world. This volume traces the development of social investment reforms across the regions of Nordic, Continental, and Southern Europe, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, North and Latin America, and North East Asia. The chapters in this volume study the impact of different structural drivers for social investment (e.g., demographic, poverty, demand for skill, or lack of an available workforce), the salience of social investment in the public debates, and the different political coalitions that led to or prevente

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Author
Julian L. Garritzmann (editor), Silja Häusermann (editor), Bruno Palier (editor)
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published
2022
Language
EN
ISBN
9780197601464
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Political Science, Economics

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