Comparative Welfare State Politics: Development, Opportunities, and Reform

Van Kersbergen, Kees/ Vis, Barbara

ISBN 10: 0521183715 / ISBN 13: 9780521183710

Published by Cambridge Univ Pr, 2014

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245 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparative Welfare State Politics: Development, Opportunities, and Reform
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521183715
• ISBN 13: 9780521183710
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.39 kilograms

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Synopsis

Welfare state reform occurs in all advanced capitalist democracies, but it does not occur in identical ways, to the same degree or with similar consequences. In Comparative Welfare State Politics, Kees van Kersbergen and Barbara Vis explain the political opportunities and constraints of welfare state reform by asking 'big' questions. Why did we need a welfare state in the first place? How did we get it? Why did we get different worlds of welfare and do we still have them? What does the welfare state actually do? Why do we need to reform the welfare state? Why is reform so difficult, but why does it nevertheless happen? Can and will the welfare state survive the Great Recession? This book informs the reader comprehensively about the welfare state, while contributing to the ongoing debate on the politics of welfare state reform.

About the Authors

Kees van Kersbergen is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science and Government at Aarhus University in Denmark.

Barbara Vis is Professor of Political Decision-Making in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at VU University Amsterdam.