The Welfare State as Crisis Manager

Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis

P Starke author A Kaasch author F Van Hooren author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '13

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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.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.

"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

ISBN: 9781349330423

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240 pages

1st ed. 2013