The Welfare State As Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis - Rilegato

Starke, Peter; Kaasch, Alexandra; Van Hooren, Franca

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ISBN 10: 0230285252 ISBN 13: 9780230285255

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

"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

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0230285252
• ISBN 13: 9780230285255
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240