P. Starke, A. Kaasch, F. Van Hooren

Broschiertes Buch

The Welfare State as Crisis Manager

Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis

Beschreibung

This 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.

Autor

Peter Starke is a Political Scientist at the University of Bremen, Germany. Recent publications include Radical Welfare State Retrenchment: A Comparative Analysis. Alexandra Kaasch is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. Previously she held a post-doctoral research position at the University of Bremen, Germany. Franca van Hooren is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Bremen, Germany. She obtained her PhD from the European University Institute, Italy.

Produktdetails

• Transformations of the State
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-33042-3
• 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9781349330423
• ISBN-10: 1349330426
• Artikelnr.: 45005641

Rezensionen

"The great virtue of this book is that it brings together good empirical evidence and analysis of how welfare states respond to and manage crises over time, from a variety of settings." - Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent, UK