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The clientelistic turn in welfare state policy-making : party politics in times of austerity / Evelyne Hübscher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hübscher, Evelyne, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state.
- Social policy--Economic aspects.
- Social policy.
- Politics, Practical.
- Welfare state--Germany.
- Germany.
- Germany--Social policy--Economic aspects.
- Politics, Practical--Germany.
- Welfare state--Ireland.
- Ireland--Social policy--Economic aspects.
- Ireland.
- Politics, Practical--Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 233 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International ; Colchester, United Kingdom : European Consortium for Political Research, [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The Clientelistic Turn in Welfare State Policy-Making; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Yes, They Can
- Partisan Impact on Welfare State Change; 1.1 Party Governments and Their Influence on Welfare States
- Outline of the Argument; 1.2 Key Findings and Contributions of the Book; 1.3 Organisation of the Book; 2 The Politics of Welfare State Retrenchment
- A Re-Assessment; 2.1 Opposing Views on Retrenchment and Welfare State Reforms; 2.2 Ideological or Strategic Policy-Making? An Assessment of Contradictory Theories; 2.3 Chapter Appendix.
- 3 Party Politics and Political Constraints3.1 Changing Demands for Social Policies and Social Protection; 3.2 The Role of Social Policy in Political Competition; 3.3 Party Governments, Political Constraints and Welfare State Reforms; 4 Austerity, Party Governments and Welfare State Output; 4.1 Estimation Technique and Basic Empirical Model; 4.2 Discussion of the Results; 4.3 The Modifying Effect of Political Constraints; 4.4 Changing Patterns of Partisan Effects over Time?; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 The Mechanisms of Clientelistic Politics
- Case Study Framework; 5.1 Selection of Countries.
- 5.2 Selection of Reforms6 Germany; 6.1 Welfare System and Labour Market; 6.2 Institutional Framework and Political Actors; 6.3 Economic Context of Labour Market Policy-Making (from 1970s until the Mid-1990s); 6.4 Analysis of Recent Labour Market Reforms; 6.5 Beschäftigungsförderungsgesetz (BeschfG1994); 6.6 Gesetz zur Reform der Arbeitsmarktpolitischen Instrumente 2001 (JobAQTIV); 6.7 Discussion and Outlook; 7 Ireland; 7.1 Welfare System and Labour Market; 7.2 Institutional Framework and Political Actors; 7.3 Economic Context of Labour Market Policy-Making (from 1970s until the Mid-1990s).
- 7.4 Analysis of Recent Labour Market Reforms7.5 Financial Act and Social Welfare Act 1996; 7.6 Financial Act and Social Welfare Act 2001; 7.7 Discussion and Outlook; 8 Discussion and Conclusion; 8.1 Contextualisation of the Results; 8.2 Main Findings and Implications; 8.3 Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 03, 2019).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hübscher, Evelyne, 1975- Clientelistic turn in welfare state policy-making.
- ISBN:
- 9781785522994
- 178552299X
- Publisher Number:
- 99986196205
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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