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Trade and Social Insurance: The Development of National Unemployment Insurance in Advanced Industrial Democracies
A national award-winning study of the political and economic foundations of the modern welfare state. Cross-national statistical and four historical case studies of the UK, Belgium, Switzerland, and the USA show how international trade dependence helped shaped national universal unemployment insurance systems in developed democracies. This challenges the conventional wisdom that these programs were mostly determined by labor organization and Left-Labor governments in power.
The study won the American Political Science Association's Harold D. Lasswell Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in the Field of Policy Studies completed in 1998-1999 and was first runner-up to the National Academy of Social Insurance's John Heinz Dissertation Award in 2000.
The Kindle version of this book is fully programmed with easy navigation among it's table of contents, data tables, graphs, figures and appendices.
The study won the American Political Science Association's Harold D. Lasswell Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in the Field of Policy Studies completed in 1998-1999 and was first runner-up to the National Academy of Social Insurance's John Heinz Dissertation Award in 2000.
The Kindle version of this book is fully programmed with easy navigation among it's table of contents, data tables, graphs, figures and appendices.
365 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 1998
About the author
Michael Harrington
16 books4 followersMichael Harrington has a wide-ranging background in the social sciences and the arts. He has earned advanced degrees in economics, finance and political science and has worked in the securities and venture capital industries as an investment portfolio manager and financial analyst. In more recent years he has taught political science as a lecturer at the University of California and worked as a research fellow and public policy analyst, conducting studies for several policy thinktanks.
His writings and research on political and economic issues have won several national awards and his opinions and comments have been published in a wide variety of national media journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
On the artistic side his interests encompass music composition and performance, photography, and writing. He has composed music, written a play, taught music and designed websites for his photography and fiction writing. He enjoys a life-long fascination with the Italian Renaissance, its art, culture, and politics. He has lived and studied near Florence, e lui parla italiano abbastanza bene. His encompassing interests in society and creativity directed him toward the fascinating stories of Renaissance Italy, stories that still resonate today.
His writings and research on political and economic issues have won several national awards and his opinions and comments have been published in a wide variety of national media journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
On the artistic side his interests encompass music composition and performance, photography, and writing. He has composed music, written a play, taught music and designed websites for his photography and fiction writing. He enjoys a life-long fascination with the Italian Renaissance, its art, culture, and politics. He has lived and studied near Florence, e lui parla italiano abbastanza bene. His encompassing interests in society and creativity directed him toward the fascinating stories of Renaissance Italy, stories that still resonate today.
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