The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic CrisisThis book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions. |
Contents
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2 The Politics of Crisis Response | 12 |
3 How the Countries Compare | 28 |
Keynesianism and Beyond | 53 |
The Resistible Rise of Neoliberalism | 92 |
The Role of Social Policy | 124 |
7 Conclusion | 173 |
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