Assessing the Structure of Small Welfare States
Synopsis
This book highlights the advantages and problems of school size, paying particular attention to social, economic and educational issues. It draws on a wide body of literature from both prosperous and less developed countries, and digests it into a readable and readily available form. As well as highlighting the overall issues, it makes practical suggestions on ways to improve costeffectiveness.
Chapters
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Foreword
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Introduction
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Defining and Characterising the Welfare State
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Classifications of Welfare States
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Welfare States and Globalisation
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The Influence of Openness on the Modus Operandi of a Small Welfare State
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Institutional Governance in Welfare States
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Conclusions
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Appendix: Quantitative Indicators Relating to the Welfare State in Small States
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References
Published
15 March 2011
Online ISSN
2310-2136
Categories
Copyright (c) 2011 Commonwealth Secretariat
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.