{"product_id":"9780333487556","title":"Can the Welfare State Compete?: A Comparative Study of Five Advanced Capitalist Countries","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCan the Welfare State Compete?: A Comparative Study of Five Advanced Capitalist Countries\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGough, Ian; Pfaller, Alfred; Therborn, Goran\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors examine how the USA, Great Britain, France, Sweden and Germany have responded to the increasing challenge of international competition since the mid-1970s. Apart from in Sweden, the pursuit of competitiveness has undermined economic and social citizenship rights, and this has, in Britain and the USA, engendered an assault upon the idea of the welfare state. Solidarity and social discipline will be severely tested if the welfare state is to remain economically and politically viable in a highly competitive modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1991-03-04\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780333487556\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-349-10716-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 354\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412758610060,"sku":"9780333487556","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780333487556.jpg?v=1775844704","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780333487556","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}