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"This edited volume provides fresh empirical evidence of far reaching transformations of the welfare state globally that have changed the boundaries of the 'public' and 'private' domains within the mixed economies of welfare. By investigating the various modes of policy intervention, such as financing, provision and regulation of social policy, it provides a nuanced account of reforms in a variety of European welfare states and Japan during the past decade. In addition it provides cross-sectional analyses of key policy areas such as old-age income security, unemployment insurance, incapacity benefits and health care. The volume includes contributions from leading anthropologists, political scientists, sociologists and social policy analysts."--BOOK JACKET.