The new politics of the welfare state
By: edited by Paul Pierson
Contributors: Pierson, Paul
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 514
Subjects: Welfare state; Comparative government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-500) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : investigating the welfare state at century's end / Paul Pierson; title: Round up the usual suspects! Globalization, domestic politics, and welfare state change / Herman Schwartz; title: The dynamics of welfare state expansion : trade openness, de-industrialization, and partisan politics / Torben Iversen; title: Post-industrial pressures on the mature welfare states / Paul Pierson; title: Welfare state and production regimes in the era of retrenchment / Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens; title: Comparative institutional advantages of welfare state regimes and new coalitions in welfare state reforms / Philip Manow; title: The political economy of social pacts : 'competitive corporatism'  and European welfare reform / Martin Rhodes; title: Political institutions and welfare state restructuring : the impact of institutions on social policy change in developed democracies / Duane Swank; title: Political institutions, veto points, and the process of welfare state adaptation / Giuliano Bonoli; title: Partisan competition and welfare state retrenchment : when do politicians choose unpopular policies? / Herbert Kitschelt; title: The comparative political economy of pension reform / John Myles and Paul Pierson; title: Who pays for health care reform? / Susan Giaimo; title: Labour market regimes under threat? Sources of continuity in Germany, Britain, and Sweden / Stewart Wood; title: Coping with permanent austerity : welfare state restructuring in affluent democracies / Paul Pierson