Welfare Goes Global Making Progress and Catching Up

by Rose, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780198908463
• ISBN10: 0198908466
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-05-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde

Richard Rose is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde and a Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. He is internationally known for pioneering research in comparative public policy, applying political science, sociology, social policy, and applied economics concepts to major problems facing policymakers and citizens on every continent. He has been a consultant for UN agencies, the World Bank, the OECD, and Transparency International, and he holds honorary doctorates and lifetime achievement awards from institutions in Europe, the United States, and the International Public Policy Association.

Table of Contents

Part I. Welfare across Time and Space
1. Making Progress Globally
2. The Welfare Mix
3. Welfare is about More than Money
4. The Development of Welfare
Part II. Comparing Forms of Welfare
5. Health: Living Longer and Avoiding Death
6. Education: Quantity and Quality
7. Work for Women
Part III. The Globalization of Countries and People
8. Countries Going Global
9. People Going Global
10. Unfinished Business
Appendix: The Global Welfare Database