The right and the welfare state / Carsten Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Carsten, 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state.

Conservatism.

Physical Description:

xi, 155 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

The Right and the Welfare Stats studies the welfare state policies of conservative and liberal governments. These governments have been assumed to be nothing but the welfare-sceptical flip-side of the Left, but the book presents a new theory arguing that the conventional wisdom is wrong. The policy goals of the Right-and the political means by which they pursue them -is a lot less straightforward than simply 'pro' or 'con' the welfare state. The book uses the distinction between labor market risks and life-course risks in order to explain why the Right's voters care much more about some social programs than about others and why, consequently, the policies of Right governments are much more diverse than is normally thought. The book also introduces the concepts of 'marketization via layering' and 'erode and attack' to help explain the peculiar approach to reforms adopted by Right governments. The book analyzes data on public opinion and public policies from a large set of Western democracies and combines this with in-depth case studies of Australia, Denmark, and the UK. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction

2.Theoretical Framework

3.Preferences for Risk Protection

4.A Quantitative Analysis of the Partisan Politics of Risk Protection

5.The Fine Art of Marketization

6.Erode and Attack

7.New Perspectives on the Welfare State.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-151) and index.

ISBN:

9780199678419

0199678413

OCLC:

888022647

Publisher Number:

60001929588