Restructuring The Welfare State: Political Institutions and Policy Change (1st ed. 2002) (Political Evolution and Institutional Change)

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2002

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780230109247
Related ISBNs:
9781137181381, 9780312296278
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan US, New York
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N/A
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
B. Rothstein
Edited by:
S. Steinmo

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