The electoral consequences of third way welfare state reforms : social democracy's transformation and its political costs / Christoph Arndt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arndt, C. (Christoph), 1967- author.

Series:

Changing welfare states.

Changing welfare states

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state--Europe.

Welfare state.

Labor policy--Europe.

Labor policy.

Europe--Social policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In all advanced Western nations, policy-makers have implemented encompassing welfare state reforms in recent decades breaking with past welfare arrangements. In particular, social democracy engaged in significant policy change under the Third Way paradigm and broke with its traditional reputation on welfare that had built the ties with the core constituency in the 20th century. The Electoral Consequences of Third Way Welfare State Reforms: Social Democracy's Transformation and its Political Costs provides a comparative study of the electoral consequences of Third Way welfare state reforms. The book demonstrates that Third Way reforms went against the social policy preferences of social democracy's core voters and indeed produced an electoral setback for social democrats at the ballots. Moreover, and accounting for cross-national variation, the analysis shows that the nature of the setback is contingent on the electoral system and the party competition social democrats face when reforming the welfare state.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical Background

3. Design and Methods

4. United Kingdom

5. Germany

6. Denmark

7. Sweden

8. Comparative Summary

9. Discussion

Appendices

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 02 2025)

ISBN:

1-04-078049-0

1-003-70595-2

1-04-078651-0

90-485-1721-4

9781003705956

OCLC:

861526837