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"Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research, the term "welfare state systems" has many advantages, as there are numerous different types/models of welfare state systems around the world. This revised and expanded second edition brings together leading experts to discuss social policy in 32 countries/regions around the world. From the most advanced welfare state systems in Scandinavia and Western Central Europe to the developing powers of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Russia. Country-specific chapters provide in general a historical overview, discuss major characteristics of the welfare state system, analyse country-specific problems, as well as critical current and future trends for further discussions, while also providing one (additional) major focal point/issue for greater in-depth analysis. Including new country case-studies on Mali, South Africa, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Vietnam, this book is reframed around urgent contemporary issues including migration and rising social inequalities, LGBTQIA+ rights, universal basic income, and transboundary social policy. It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of social policy, social development, development economists and health economists, experts in public policy, health policy (incl. mental health policy), housing policy, education policy, family policy, cis- and trans-gender policy, migration and population policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, as well as social policy and public policy makers and administrators"--

"Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research, the term "welfare state systems" has many advantages, as there are numerous different types/models of welfare state systems around the world. This revised and expanded second edition brings together leading experts to discuss social policy in 32 countries/regions around the world. From the most advanced welfare state systems in Scandinavia and Western Central Europe to the developing powers of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Russia. Country-specific chapters provide in general a historical overview, discuss major characteristics of the welfare state system, analyse country-specific problems, as well as critical current and future trends for further discussions, while also providing one (additional) major focal point/issue for greater in-depth analysis. Including new country case-studies on Mali, South Africa, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Vietnam, this book is reframed around urgent contemporary issues including migration and rising social inequalities, LGBTQIA+ rights, universal basic income, and transboundary social policy. It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of social policy, social development, development economists and health economists, experts in public policy, health policy (incl. mental health policy), housing policy, education policy, family policy, cis- and trans-gender policy, migration and population policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, as well as social policy and public policy makers and administrators"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 To Save Humanity We Need to Investigate the Whole World: An Introduction -- 2 Ten Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Theory: A Springboard for Global Research -- 3 Future Welfare: A Polarized World -- 4 The Australian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Welfare Conditionality-The Case of the Income Management System -- 5 The American Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Asset- and Means-Tested Social Assistance Programs -- 6 The Cuban Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Universalism -- 7 The Mexican Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Conditional Cash Transfer Systems -- 8 The Chilean Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Social Security Privatization -- 9 The Brazilian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Outcomes and Performance of the Welfare State System -- 10 The Malian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Transboundary Social Policy -- 11 The Nigerian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Challenges of Developing a Social Security System -- 12 The South African Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Universal Basic Income -- 13 The UK Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Mental Health Care System -- 14 The Icelandic Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Gender Equality and LGBTQIA+ -- 15 The Swedish Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Inequality and the Redistribution Paradox -- 16 The French Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Youth Unemployment -- 17 The Belgian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on "Targeting Within Universalism" -- 18 The German Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Old-Age Pension System -- 19 The Austrian Welfare State System: A Special Focus on the Long-Term Care System.

Chapter 1 -- The Fascinating World of Human Action: An Introduction. Chapter 2.-The General Theory of Distorted Choices. Chapter 3. The General Theory of Z-Efficiency. Chapter 4 -- The General Theory of Super Inequality. Chapter 5 -- On Notions of Evolution and Development: A Concluding Note.

Intro -- Contents -- Part I Introductory Part: Background and Rationale -- 1 Introduction: On the Particular Nature of Ideal Types Applied and Moving Science Forward a Bit at a Time -- On the Ideal-Typical Representation of Reality -- On the Existence of Perfect More-or-Less-Fits -- On the Nature of Ideal Types in the Ten Worlds Theory -- About Moving Forward -- The Way Ahead -- On the Ways to Move Along -- Good Wine Takes Time -- New Conceptual Tools -- About This Book -- Part II Theory Building: From Empirical Reality for Social Policy Practice -- 2 On the Methodology Applied -- Applying the Method of Theory Building -- Applying the Abduction Method -- The Methodology of Using Multi-Methods -- Using the Multi-Methods and Mixing-Methods Approaches -- Developing and Applying the Standardized Relative Performance Index -- Learning from Physics and Chemistry: Introducing and Applying the Method of Spectral Data Analysis -- The Problem of Bi-Modal Distributions in Global Social Policy Comparison -- Focusing on and Developing (Non-Statistical) Meta-Analyses -- Pushing Out the Limits of Discipline-Specific Methodology: One Little Step at a Time -- 3 Ten Ideal-Typical Worlds and Their Individual Sets of Key Characteristics -- On the Distinction Between Descriptive and Explanatory Theories -- Ten Worlds of Welfare Capitalism and Their Regime Characteristics -- Social Democratic Welfare Regime -- Christian Democratic Welfare Regime -- Neoliberal Welfare Regime -- Pro-Welfare Conservative Welfare Regime -- Anti-Welfare Conservative Welfare Regime -- Slightly Universal Welfare Regime -- Selective Rudimentary Welfare Regime -- Exclusion-Based Welfare Regime -- Ultra Rudimentary Welfare Regime -- Socialist/Communist Welfare Regime -- The Overall Picture -- 4 Welfare Regimes and Their Povertization and Inequality Outcomes.

Introductory and Overarching Theory Part -- Introduction -- The Global Inequality Explosion Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic -- Theme Chapters on Social Problems Raised by the Pandemic -- Socio-Economic and Geographic Inequality of Effects of the Pandemic -- Failure of Government Response to Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Australian Aboriginal Communities -- Aging and Long-Term Care Problems During the Pandemic -- Economic Problems Caused by the Pandemic—The Case of a Developing Country: India -- Comparing Social Policy Responses Between Separate Crises: Taking the Case of Indonesia -- Country Case Study Chapters on the Pandemic Itself (With an Additional Focal Point One Particular Social Problem) -- The Pandemic in the United Kingdom: With Special Reference to Rising Mental Health Problems -- The Pandemic in the United States: With Special Reference to Rising 'Deaths of Despair' -- The Pandemic in Australia: With Special Reference to Suicide in Aboriginal Communities -- The Pandemic in Mainland China: With Special Reference to Rising Relative Poverty -- The Pandemic in Taiwan: With Special Reference to Elderly People's Problems -- The Pandemic in Thailand: With Special Reference to Informal Workers' Problems -- The Pandemic in Brazil: With Special Reference to Unemployment -- The Pandemic in Spain: With Special Reference to Child Depriviation -- The Pandemic in Italy: With Special Reference to Women's and Families' Conditions -- The Pandemic in Greece: With Special Reference to Women's Employment -- The Pandemic in Austria: With Special Reference to Migrant Care Workers' Problems -- Concluding Part -- Conclusions.

Part 1. Introductory Part: Background and Rationale -- Chapter 1. Introduction: On the Particular Nature of Ideal Types Applied and Moving Science Forward a Bit at a Time -- Part 2. Theory Building: From Empirical Reality for Social Policy Practice -- Chapter 2. On the Methodology Applied -- Chapter 3. Ten Ideal-Typical Worlds and Their Individual Sets of Key Characteristics -- Chapter 4. Welfare Regimes and Their Povertization and Inequality Outcomes -- Chapter 5. Distinct Shades and Patterns of Dehumanization: Mapping Global Welfare Regimes -- Part 3. Normative/Concluding Part -- Chapter 6. Back to the Future: Income Polarization, Mass Povertization and Simple Ways Out of It -- Chapter 7. Decency for All: Universal Basic Income, Smart Universalism, Provident Funds, and Primarily Taxing the Super-Rich.

Telling the untold story of explosion, stagnation and continuation of welfare state system financing in Asia: an introduction / Christian Aspalter -- A pas de trois in social policy theory: understanding the financing of welfare state systems / Christian Aspalter -- Financing the welfare state system in Russia / Markku Kivinen -- Financing the welfare state system in Turkey / Kerem Cantekin, Adem Yavuz Elveren and Ceyhun Elgin -- Financing the welfare state system in Saudi Arabia / Adel S. Aldosary, Kh. Mohammad Nahiduzzaman and Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman -- Financing the welfare state system in India / Christian Aspalter -- Financing the welfare state system in Thailand / Wannaphong Durongkaveroj -- Financing the welfare state system in Mainland China / Carmel K.M. Lee -- Financing the welfare state system in Hong Kong / Raymond K.H. Chan -- Financing the welfare state system in Macao / Michael Ka-Wai Lai, Kai-Yin Leung and Charles Tong-Lit Leung -- Financing the welfare state system in Taiwan / Hubert Liu -- Financing the welfare state system in South Korea / Jinsoo Kim and Minah Lee -- Income polarity and the end of social insurance: a concluding note / Jinsoo Kim and Christian Aspalter.

"This book identifies the main causes of welfare state system extension, as well as the differences in welfare state system design and their consequences for human behaviour and future financial stability of the systems in place in different parts of Asia. Providing ten in-depth country case-studies from across the region, including India, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and South Korea, as well as Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, the book focuses on the situation of welfare state system development and its financing in some of the largest countries on earth. It addresses previously neglected areas for investigation, such as the causal reasons for welfare state system extension (not only in Asia but in general), the types of social security systems and their incentive systems in place, and the way they chiefly determine behaviour-and thus determine the resulting social security needs. This book will be of interest to all scholars and students of social policy, public policy, political science, sociology, finance and economics, development studies and Asian studies more broadly"--

"This book introduces readers to the world of ideal types within the readings of Max Weber by giving a theoretical understanding of ideal types, as well as applying the development of ideal types to an array of social policy arenas. The twenty-first century has seen the development of welfare regime analysis marked by two differing strands: real-typical welfare regime analyses and ideal-typical welfare regime analysis; the latter focusing on the formation, development and application of ideal types in general comparative social policy. Designed to provide new theoretical and practical frameworks, as well as updated in-depth developments of ideal-typical welfare regime theory, this book shows how Weber's method of setting up and checking against 'ideal types' can be used in a wide variety of policy areas such as welfare state system comparison, comparative social and economic development, health policy, mental health policy, health care system analysis, gender policy, employment policy, education policy and so forth. The book will be of interest to all scholars and students working in the fields of social policy including health policy, public policy, political economy, sociology, social work, gender studies, social anthropology, and many more"--

"This book introduces readers to the world of ideal types within the readings of Max Weber by giving a theoretical understanding of ideal types, as well as applying the development of ideal types to an array of social policy arenas. The twenty-first century has seen the development of welfare regime analysis marked by two differing strands: real-typical welfare regime analyses and ideal-typical welfare regime analysis; the latter focusing on the formation, development and application of ideal types in general comparative social policy. Designed to provide new theoretical and practical frameworks, as well as updated in-depth developments of ideal-typical welfare regime theory, this book shows how Weber's method of setting up and checking against 'ideal types' can be used in a wide variety of policy areas such as welfare state system comparison, comparative social and economic development, health policy, mental health policy, health care system analysis, gender policy, employment policy, education policy and so forth. The book will be of interest to all scholars and students working in the fields of social policy including health policy, public policy, political economy, sociology, social work, gender studies, social anthropology, and many more"--

1. Introduction / Christian Aspalter -- 2. Ten worlds of welfare capitalism : an ideal-typical perspective / Christian Aspalter -- 3. Future welfare : an uneven race to the top and/or a polarized world? / Peter Abrahamson -- 4. The Australian welfare state system : with special reference to welfare conditionality - the case of the income management system / Philip Mendes -- 5. The American welfare state system : with special reference to asset- and means-tested social assistance programs / Peter Abrahamson -- 6. The Cuban welfare state system : with special reference to universalism / Carmelo Mesa-Lago -- 7. The Mexican welfare state system : with special reference to conditional cash transfer systems / Gabriel Martínez-- 8. The Chilean welfare state system : with special reference to social security privatization / Silvia Borzutzky and Mark Hyde -- 9. The Brazilian welfare state system : with special reference to the outcomes and performance of the welfare state system / Christian Aspalter -- 10. The Nigerian welfare state system : with special reference to the challenges of developing a social security system / Bruce Josephson -- 11. The UK welfare state system : with special reference to the mental health care system / Paul Taylor and Jason L. Powell -- 12. The Swedish welfare state system : with special reference to inequality and the redistribution paradox / Joakin Palme -- 13. The French welfare state system : with special reference to youthunemployment / Tom Chevalier and Bruno Palier --