Dismantling the Welfare State?: Reagan, Thatcher and the Politics of Retrenchment

ISBN-13: 9780521555708 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 224 str.

Paul Pierson; Peter Lange; Robert H. Bates

Opis

A wonderful book- certain to be the benchmark study of Welfare states in hard times. Pierson's linkage of policy feedbacks and political institutions provides a rich analytical perspective that will guide research in comparative policy for many years to come.

Recenzje

"Pierson provides informative, finely grained analyses of the politics of programmed retrenchment in old-age pensions, housing policies, and income support programs....Pierson's theoretical framework provides much insight and understanding of the social welfare policy records of Reagan and Thatcher....this important book can be highly recommended to students and scholars. It is particularly appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses stressing national institutions, public policy, or political economy. It is essential reading for welfare state researchers and other scholars interested in the politics of social policy in the contemporary era." Duane Swank, American Political Science Review

Spis treści

Introduction: Conservatives and the Welfare State; Part I. Analytical Foundations: 1. The logic of retrenchment; 2. The context for retrenchment politics; Part II. The Politics of Programmatic Retrenchment: 3. Retrenchment in a core sector: old age pensions; 4. Retrenchment in a vulnerable sector: housing; 5. Retrenchment in a residualized sector: income support; Part III. The Embattled Welfare State: 6. Reagan, Thatcher and the welfare state; 7. Social policy in an era of austerity.