Development, democracy, and welfare states
Subtitle: Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe
By: Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman.
Contributors: Kaufman, Robert R.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9780691135953; 9780691135960
Subjects: Welfare state -- Latin America; Welfare state -- East Asia; Welfare state -- Europe, Eastern
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgements; title: Introduction: towards a political economy of social policy; title: The historical origins of welfare systems, 1945-1980; title: Social policy in Latin America, East Asia and Eastern Europe, 1945-1980:; title: An overview; title: The expansion of welfare commitments in Latin America, 1945-1980; title: The expansion of welfare commitments in East Asia, 1945-1980; title: Building the socialist welfare state: the expansion of welfare commitments in Eastern Europe, 1945-1990; title: Democratization, economic crisis, and welfare reform, 1980-2005; title: The political economy of welfare reform; title: Democracy, growth and the evolution of social contracts in East Asia, 1980-2005; title: Democracy, economic crisis and social policy in Latin America, 1980-2005; title: The transformation of the socialist welfare state, 1990-2005; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1. cross-national empirical studies of the effects of democracy on social policy and social outcomes; title: Appendix 2. fiscal federalism and subnational social spending in Latin America, East Asia and Eastern Europe; title: Appendix 3. a cross-section model of social policy and outcomes in middle-income countries, 1973-1980; title: Appendix 4. regime coding rules; title: Appendix 5. a cross-section, time-series model of social spending in Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe, 1980-2000; title: Appendix 6. social security, health and education expenditure in East Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, 1980-2005; title: References.