Restructuring the Welfare State: Political Institutions and Policy Change (Political Evolution and Institutional Change) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312296274 ISBN 13: 9780312296278

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

Synopsis

The modern welfare state is under threat from a variety of fronts. Changing demographic patterns, declining public trust, interest group demands and growing international competition for capital and labor are presenting modern states with intense pressures. This volume examines these competiting pressures and offers a coherent analyses of both institutional resilience and institutional change. Adopting an evolutionary approach, this innovative volume demonstrates both how past practices and policies significantly affect the current options and how social and economic forces impinge upon each of these societies in surprisingly different ways. Cross-national in scope and unified in approach, Restructuring the Welfare State examines core issues facing the contemporary welfare state while at the same time significantly advancing historical institutionalist theory.

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About the Authors

Bo Rothstein is August Röhss Chair in Political Science at the University of Göteborg, Sweden.

Sven Steinmo is Professor in Political Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Bo Rothstein is August Röhss Chair in Political Science at the University of Göteborg, Sweden.

Sven Steinmo is Professor in Political Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312296274
• ISBN 13: 9780312296278
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Rothstein Bo, Steinmo Sven