Paul Pierson

Dismantling the Welfare State?

Reagan, Thatcher and the Politics of Retrenchment
Herausgeber: Bates, Robert H.; Lange, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A wonderful book- certain to be the benchmark study of Welfare states in hard times. Pierson's linkage of policy feedbacks and political institutions provides a rich analytical perspective that will guide research in comparative policy for many years to come.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780521555708
• ISBN-10: 0521555701
• Artikelnr.: 21828603

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Conservatives and the Welfare State
Part I. Analytical Foundations: 1. The logic of retrenchment
2. The context for retrenchment politics
Part II. The Politics of Programmatic Retrenchment: 3. Retrenchment in a core sector: old age pensions
4. Retrenchment in a vulnerable sector: housing
5. Retrenchment in a residualized sector: income support
Part III. The Embattled Welfare State: 6. Reagan, Thatcher and the welfare state
7. Social policy in an era of austerity.