Titlebook: Political Institutions and Elderly Care Policy; Comparative Politics Takeshi Hieda Book 2012 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Pu

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The United States of America: Evolution without Revolution,ince Medicaid—means-tested health care assistance for lower-income individuals and families—is the primary public funding source for long-term care in the United States. There is no federal program available to all elderly citizens in need of long-term institutional and/or community care services. O

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,Conclusion: Political Institutions, Voter–Politician Linkage, and Universalistic Social Policy,hic pressures. Obviously the ageing population, especially the increase of the oldest old-age population (i.e., over 80 years old), is the main driver of the expansion of elderly care services because this age group is more likely to suffer from severe disabilities and needs supports for daily livin

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aged are remarkably diverse across them. This book accounts for the variations in elderly care policy by combining statistical analysis with historical case studies of Sweden, Japan and the USA.978-1-349-34846-6978-1-137-03105-1

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Understanding the Politics of Universalistic Social Care Services: A Theoretical Framework,mple of universalistic social policy. And, as Figure 2.1 indicates, the degree of population aging hardly explains the variations of public elderly care spending across advanced democracies. What encourages or discourages the welfare state to dedicate public resources towards these universalistic welfare programs?

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Political Institutional Conditions for the Development of Elderly Care Programs: Quantitative Evidence, party-vote oriented electoral rules and one-party dominance lead to the development of universalistic social policy, personal-vote oriented electoral rules and/or fragmented ruling coalitions skew the distribution of public resources towards particularistic benefits.

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The United States of America: Evolution without Revolution,rsing home stays are remarkably high. Although the stigma of ‘welfare’ forces many middle-class Americans to face a difficult choice, Medicaid is now functioning as a . elderly care program in the United States.

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Sweden: The Manipulative State, citizens are enjoying the high-quality care services with nominal or low out-of-pocket fees. Although Swedish central and local governments experienced economic hardship during the 1990s, these generous elderly care services have not been dismantled, at least, in terms of the percentage of GDP devoted to those services.

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Takeshi Hiedad practical experience to identify four concrete roles employed by successful project managers. The first three roles—planning, agility, and resilience—focus on coping with changes, with each role relating to a978-3-319-88305-2978-3-319-66724-9

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