Government ideology, economic pressure and risk privatization : how economic worldviews shape social policy choices in times of crisis / Alexander Horn.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Horn, Alexander, author.

Series:

Changing welfare states.

Changing welfare states

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Economic aspects.

Social policy.

Right and left (Political science).

Government spending policy--OECD countries.

Government spending policy.

Ideology--OECD countries.

Ideology.

Social problems--History.

Social problems.

OECD countries--Social policy.

OECD countries.

OECD countries--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From the 1980s on, a privatization of labor market-related risks has occurred in the OECD. Governments have cut the generosity of social programs and tightened eligibility rules, particularly for the unemployed. Government Ideology, Economic Pressure, and Risk Privatization: How Economic Worldviews Shape Social Policy Choices in Times of Crisis analyses these curtailments for eighteen countries over the course of four decades and provides an encompassing comparative assessment of the interactive impact of government ideology and economic pressure. It demonstrates that the economic worldviews of governments are the most important factor in explaining why cuts are implemented or not. While ideas of non-intervention in the market underlie cuts in generosity, ideas of equality and fairness are at the heart of stricter eligibility criteria. This book also shows that the impact of the economic pressures often held responsible for the marginalization of politics and government ideology is in fact conditional on the specific ideological configuration.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Risk Privatization, Economic Crisis, and the Primacy of Politics

2. Much Ado about Nothing? Retrenchment versus Resilience

3. Theoretical and Analytical Framework: What We (Do Not) Know

4. Theoretical and Analytical Framework: Taking Ideology Seriously

5. The "End of Ideology?" Government Ideology over Time

6. The Ideological Complexion of Government and Retrenchment

7. Ideology Still Matters: Findings, Limitations, and Implications

Annex

References

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jun 2021).

"Doctoral thesis written at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69692-9

1-04-077404-0

90-485-2938-7

9781003696926

OCLC:

1020026990