Restructuring the welfare state : political institutions and policy change

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Restructuring the welfare state : political institutions and policy change

edited by Bo Rothstein and Sven Steinmo

(Political evolution and institutional change)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

1st ed.

  • : pbk
  • : hardback

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hardback ISBN 9780312296278

Description

The modern welfare state is under threat from a variety of fronts. Changing demographic patterns, declining public trust, interest group demands and growing international competition for capital and labour are presenting modern states with intense pressures. This volume examines these competing pressures and offers a coherent analyses of both institutional resilience and institutional change. Adopting an evolutionary approach, this innovative volume demonstrates both how past practices and policies significantly affect the current options and how social and economic forces impinge upon each of these societies in surprisingly different ways. Cross national in scope and unified in approach, Restructuring the Welfare State examines core issues facing the contemporary welfare state while at the same time significantly advancing historical institutionalist theory.

Table of Contents

  • Restructuring Politics: Institutional Analysis and the Challenges of Modern Welfare States
  • B.Rothstein & S.Steinmo Institutions - Experiences - Preferences: How Welfare State Design Affects Political Trust and Ideology
  • S.Kumlin Is America Becoming More Exceptional?: How Public Policy Corporatized Social Citizenship
  • F.Dobbin Privatization, Devolution and the Welfare State: Rethinking the Prevailing Wisdom
  • S.R.Smith Political Institutions and the Politics of Race in the Development of the Modern Welfare State
  • R.C.Liebermann Including Foreigners in National Welfare States: Institutional Venues and Rules of the Game
  • V.Guirandon Negotiating Welfare Reform: Actors and Institutions in the Japanese Welfare State
  • M.Estevez-Abe Political Trust and Support for the Welfare State: Unpacking a Supposed Relationship
  • S.Svallfors The Universal Welfare State as a Social Dilemma
  • B.Rothstein
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780312296285

Description

The modern welfare state is under threat from a variety of fronts. Changing demographic patterns, declining public trust, interest group demands and growing international competition for capital and labour are presenting modern states with intense pressures. This volume examines these competing pressures and offers a coherent analyses of both institutional resilience and institutional change. Adopting an evolutionary approach, this innovative volume demonstrates both how past practices and policies significantly affect the current options and how social and economic forces impinge upon each of these societies in surprisingly different ways. Cross-national in scope and unified in approach, Restructuring the Welfare State examines core issues facing the contemporary welfare state while at the same time significantly advancing historical institutionalist theory.

Table of Contents

  • Restructuring Politics: Institutional Analysis and the Challenges of Modern Welfare States
  • B.Rothstein & S.Steinmo Institutions - Experiences - Preferences: How Welfare State Design Affects Political Trust and Ideology
  • S.Kumlin Is America Becoming More Exceptional?: How Public Policy Corporatized Social Citizenship
  • F.Dobbin Privatization, Devolution and the Welfare State: Rethinking the Prevailing Wisdom
  • S.R.Smith Political Institutions and the Politics of Race in the Development of the Modern Welfare State
  • R.C.Liebermann Including Foreigners in National Welfare States: Institutional Venues and Rules of the Game
  • V.Guirandon Negotiating Welfare Reform: Actors and Institutions in the Japanese Welfare State
  • M.Estevez-Abe Political Trust and Support for the Welfare State: Unpacking a Supposed Relationship
  • S.Svallfors The Universal Welfare State as a Social Dilemma
  • B.Rothstein

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  • NCID
    BA59010042
  • ISBN
    • 9780312296285
    • 0312296274
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 224 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Subject Headings
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