Christian Aspalter is Professor and Former Founding Head of the Social Work and Social Administration Programme at Beijing Normal University–Hong Kong Baptist University, United International College, Zhuhai, China. He is the author of more than 20 books on social policy and has published numerous articles in international journals. He is editor of the book series Routledge Studies in Social Welfare in Asia.
'This book contains an impressive overview of welfare state systems - and not only in the countries already depicted as welfare states, but with a very strong focus on covering all regions in the world. By this, the book will become an invaluable resource for those interested in different types of welfare states.' - Bent Greve, University of Roskilde, Denmark 'Edited books on welfare systems are not few in number, but the present one by Christian Aspalter is the only one which is really global and provides readers a true understanding of the divergent social welfare systems which countries and regions around the world have developed in securing for their people better lives.' - Nelson Chow, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 'The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems is a book that will prove an invaluable resource for students, faculty, and researchers with an interest in international social policy. This comprehensive collection offers readers an up-to-date account of the complex ways each of the 24 nations covered wrestles with challenges of economic globalization and rapid technological change and how each provides social welfare policies for the care of their most vulnerable citizens is contained in this book.' - Katherine van Wormer, University of Northern Iowa, USA