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Restructuring the welfare state : political institutions and policy change / edited by Bo Rothstein and Sven Steinmo.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Political evolution and institutional change
- Political evolution and insitutional [sic] change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
- Summary:
- 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 labor are presenting modern states with intense pressures. This volume examines these competiting 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.
- Notes:
- From a conference held at Göteborg University, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312296274
- 0312296282
- OCLC:
- 49663211
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