P. Starke, A. Kaasch, F. Van Hooren

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The Welfare State as Crisis Manager (eBook, PDF)

Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis

Beschreibung

This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions.

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Autor

Peter Starke is a Political Scientist at the University of Bremen, Germany. Recent publications include Radical Welfare State Retrenchment: A Comparative Analysis. Alexandra Kaasch is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. Previously she held a post-doctoral research position at the University of Bremen, Germany. Franca van Hooren is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Bremen, Germany. She obtained her PhD from the European University Institute, Italy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137314840
• Artikelnr.: 39055205

Rezensionen

"The great virtue of this book is that it brings together good empirical evidence and analysis of how welfare states respond to and manage crises over time, from a variety of settings." - Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent, UK