num_pages: 528
description: The welfare states of affluent democracies now stand at the center of political discussion and social conflict. In these path-breaking essays, an international team of leading analysts demonstrate that the politics of social policy focus on the renegotiation, restructuring, and modernization of the post-war social contract rather than its dismantling.
language: English
title: The New Politics of the Welfare State
titlecomplete: The New Politics of the Welfare State
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Oxford University Press