Double Standard: Social Policy in Europe and the United States
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2006-10-28
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0742546934
ISBN-13: 9780742546936
Double Standard presents a historical and comparative examination of comprehensive Western European versus minimalist American welfare states. In this book, Russell analyzes how and why social policy and welfare states evolved differently in the two areas. He explores a series of common social problems-from poverty to family support to ethnic and racial conflict-to show how they are handled differently with different consequences. He argues that the European and American social models are in contention for the future of western societies....