Party politics and social welfare
Subtitle: comparing christian and social democracy in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands
By: Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Silke van Dyk, Martin Roggenkamp.
Contributors: Dyk, Silke van.; Roggenkamp, Martin.
Series: Globalization and welfare series
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cheltenham, Uk; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781845425425
Subjects: Comparative government; Christian democratic parties -- Austria; Christian democratic parties -- Germany; Christian democratic parties -- Netherlands; Socialist parties -- Austria; Socialist parties -- Germany; Socialist parties -- Netherlands; Austria -- Social policy; Germany -- Social policy; Netherlands -- Social policy
Description: "Christian and Social Democratic parties have been the driving force behind welfare state developments post-WWII. This boko investigates whether continued party differences have contributed significantly to the design of social welfare in three conservative welfare states, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands, since the mid-1970s."--BOOK JACKET.