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The new politics of the welfare state

Author: Paul Pierson
Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme)
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Pierson
ISBN: 019829753X 9780198297536 0198297564 9780198297567
OCLC Number: 44676114
Description: xiii, 514 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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