Welfare States and the Future

Introduction: Welfare States and the Future; B.Vivekanandan & N.Kurian Welfare States in Perspective; P.Bose Economic Foundations of Welfare State Systems; S.K.Das A World Economy Based on the Welfare State Principle; H.Elsenhans Globalization and Welfare States; R.Mishra The British Welfare State: Development and Challenges; T.Burden The Welfare State System in France; S.Nadal The Welfare State in Post-war Germany; L.Leisering The Welfare State in Austria; E.Talos & M.Fink The Swedish Welfare State and New Challenges; N.Kurian Political Economy of the Finnish Welfare State; J.Pekkarinen Challenges Facing the Danish Welfare State; J.H.Petersen Modernization of the European Model of Social Protection; J.Palme Recent Welfare Reforms in the United States; A.Gupta Canada's Changing Welfare State; B.Vivekanandan Welfare Designs and Peripheral Realities: The Brazilian Dilemma; D.Loundo South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Welfare State; A.J.Venter The Welfare State in Japan and China:Development and Challenges; C.Aspalter The Welfare State System in India; A.Kumar