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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: New politics of the welfare state. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (DLC) 00060670 (OCoLC)44676114 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul Pierson |
ISBN: | 9780191522918 0191522910 0198297564 9780198297567 9780191600104 0191600105 |
OCLC Number: | 371066688 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 514 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Introduction : investigating the welfare state at century's end / Paul Pierson -- Round up the usual suspects! Globalization, domestic politics, and welfare state change / Herman Schwartz -- The dynamics of welfare state expansion : trade openness, de-industrialization, and partisan politics / Torben Iversen -- Post-industrial pressures on the mature welfare states / Paul Pierson -- Welfare state and production regimes in the era of retrenchment / Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens -- Comparative institutional advantages of welfare state regimes and new coalitions in welfare state reforms / Philip Manow -- The political economy of social pacts : 'competitive corporatism' and European welfare reform / Martin Rhodes -- Political institutions and welfare state restructuring : the impact of institutions on social policy change in developed democracies / Duane Swank -- Political institutions, veto points, and the process of welfare state adaptation / Giuliano Bonoli -- Partisan competition and welfare state retrenchment : when do politicians choose unpopular policies? / Herbert Kitschelt -- The comparative political economy of pension reform / John Myles and Paul Pierson -- Who pays for health care reform? / Susan Giaimo -- Labour market regimes under threat? Sources of continuity in Germany, Britain, and Sweden / Stewart Wood -- Coping with permanent austerity : welfare state restructuring in affluent democracies / Paul Pierson. |
Responsibility: | edited by Paul Pierson. |
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There is much in this collection to admire. The quality of the individual pieces is evident, and there are useful insights on issues like deindustrialisation, decommodification, and the adaptation of economic production to different institutional contexts ... a worthwhile acquisition for a library. * Social Policy * There is no doubt that The New Politics of the Welfare State, edited by Paul Pierson, is on the top of the reading list for students of comparative politics and welfare states. The authors clearly demonstrate the impacts of post-industrialization, aging populations, and globalization on welfare reforms under various political settings and different policy legacies. They also successfully define pressing research agendas for further investigations. * Japanese Journal of Political Science * It is hard to exaggerate the theoretical contributions that The New Politics of the Welfare State makes. Numerous insights for future research agendas can be discerned in the volume ... an inspiring comparative book. * Japanese Journal of Political Science * Read more...


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- Welfare state.
- Comparative government.
- État providence.
- Institutions politiques comparées.
- Europe -- Politique sociale.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
- Verzorgingsstaat.
- Sociale politiek.
- Hervormingen.
- Bem-estar social.
- État-Providence.
- Politique sociale.
- Europe.