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The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis (Transformations of the State)
Starke, Peter, Kaasch, Alexandra, Van Hooren, Franca
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Description for The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis (Transformations of the State)
Hardcover. 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. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Transformations of the State
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230285255
SKU
V9780230285255
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99-15
About Starke, Peter, Kaasch, Alexandra, Van Hooren, Franca
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis (Transformations of the State)
"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