The politics of justification party competition and welfare-state retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982-1998
Christoffer Green-Pedersen's insightful examination of political party strategy in Europe reveals strong links between party consensus and policy retrenchment, arguing that the former allows governments to frame retrenchment in a way that justifies it to the electorate. In the Netherlands, Gree...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
c2002.
Amsterdam : [2002] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Changing Welfare States
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427374806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. From theories of expansion to theories of retrenchment
- 3. A framework for government choice on retrenchment
- 4. Research strategy and research design
- 5. Retrenchments in Denmark and the Netherlands
- 6. Dutch Politics and welfare-state retrenchment. How party competition produced consensus
- 7. Danish politics and welfare-state retrenchment: The difficulties of a right-wing government and the possibilities of a left-wing government
- 8. The evidence on balance and some quibbles
- 9. Party politics matter - summary and implications
- Appendix
- Summary
- Notes
- References
- Index
