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The politics of justification : party competition and welfare-state retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982 to 1998 / Christoffer Green-Pedersen.
LIBRA HV323 .G74 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green-Pedersen, Christoffer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--Denmark.
- Public welfare.
- Social security--Government policy.
- Social security.
- Denmark.
- Public welfare--Netherlands.
- Netherlands.
- Social security--Government policy--Denmark.
- Social security--Government policy--Netherlands.
- Political parties--Denmark.
- Political parties.
- Political parties--Netherlands.
- Denmark--Politics and government--1972-.
- Politics and government.
- Netherlands--Politics and government--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Christoffer Green-Pedersen's insightful examination of political party strategy in Europe reveals strong links between party consensus and policy retrenchment, arguing that the former allows governments to frame retrenchment in a way that justifies it to the electorate. In the Netherlands, Green-Pedersen shows, such consensus emerged in the mid-1980s, allowing the government to implement a number of welfare retrenchments; in Denmark, consensus did not emerge until the Social Democratic Party re-entered government in 1993, leading to less welfare-state retrenchment than in the Netherlands.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9053565906
- OCLC:
- 51388909
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