ISBN:
9783319028156
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Income distribution
;
Minorities -- Government policy
;
Welfare state
;
Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
;
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Using data from 17 high-income nations covering a 25-year span to 2005, this in-depth study systematically analyzes the links between inequality and poverty among immigrant populations marginalized by welfare systems under growing budgetary constraints.
Abstract:
Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Overview -- Changing Context of the Welfare State -- Evolving Context of Ethnic Heterogeneity -- Poverty and Inequality -- Organization of the Book -- Chapter 2: Ethnic Heterogeneity -- Overview -- Concept of Ethnicity -- Interconnections of Ethnicity with Race, Religion, and Immigration -- Measuring Ethnic Heterogeneity -- Data Sources and Consistency -- Changing Ethno-Racial Heterogeneity Landscape -- Changing Religious Heterogeneity Landscape -- Changing Immigration Heterogeneity Landscape -- Heterogeneity Ranking of Countries -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The Welfare State -- Overview -- Concept of the Welfare State -- Evolution of the Welfare State -- Typologies of Welfare State Regimes -- New Political Economy of the Welfare State -- Measuring the Welfare State -- Welfare State Policy Provisions -- Welfare State Policy Expenditures -- Welfare State Extensiveness -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Poverty and Inequality -- Overview -- Concepts of Poverty and Inequality -- Poverty -- Inequality -- Political Economy of Poverty and Inequality -- Measuring Poverty and Inequality -- Poverty Measurement Outcomes -- Inequality Measurement Outcomes -- Inequality-Adjusted Poverty -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Ethnic Heterogeneity and the Welfare State -- Overview -- Economics of the Welfare State -- Politics of the Welfare State -- Role of Ethnic Politics -- Reconciling Attitudes Toward Diversity, Social Trust, and Redistribution -- Interfacing Ethnic Heterogeneity and the Welfare State -- Empirical Model of Welfare State Development and Change -- Data Sources and Missing Data -- Model Estimation and Results -- Empirical Findings and Evidence -- Cross-National Contexts of the Welfare State -- Economics and Politics of the Welfare State -- Ethnic Heterogeneity Politics of the Welfare State.
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