The political sociology of the welfare state
Subtitle: institutions, social cleavages, and orientations
By: edited by Stefan Svallfors
Contributors: Svallfors, Stefan
Series: Studies in social inequality
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780804754354
Subjects: Welfare state; Political sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Stefan Svallfors; title: Class conflicts and institutional feedback effects in liberal and social democratic welfare regimes : attitudes toward state redistribution and welfare policy in six Western countries / Jonas Edlund; title: Overloaded or undermined? European welfare states in the face of performance dissatisfaction / Staffan Kumlin; title: Social risk, policy dissatisfaction, and political alienation : a comparison of six European countries / Maria Oskarson; title: The relationship between public service dissatisfaction and political action : does institutional design matter? / Maria Pettersson; title: Class and attitudes to market inequality : a comparison of Sweden, Britain, Germany, and the United States / Stefan Svallfors; title: Are we the people? national sentiments in a changing political landscape / Mikael Hjerm; title: Conclusion : the past and future of political sociology / Stefan Svallfors