The welfare state as crisis manager: explaining the diversity of policy responses to economic crisis
In: Transformations of the state
Abstract
Written during an ongoing period of global economic crisis, "The Welfare State as a Crisis Manager" examines the practice and potential of using social policy to cope with crises. Through an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions in the wake of international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period, the book reveals the ways in which expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions. Moreover, the study addresses the kind of policy change triggered by economic crisis. In contrast to conventional wisdom and previous scholarship, reactions tend to be characterised by incrementalism and 'crisis routines' rather than fundamental deviations from earlier policy patterns. For the first time, the study of domestic political dynamics following crisis is systematically embedded in the transnational policy debate, linking the Comparative Welfare State literature with scholarship on Global Social Policy
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Themen
Social policy, Economic policy, Welfare state, Financial crises, Politique sociale, Politique économique, État providence, public policy, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare economics, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Etat providence, Crise financière, Crise économique, Pensée économique, Histoire sociale, Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, Analyse comparative, Society
Sprachen
Englisch
Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
9781137314840, 1137314842, 1299642977, 9781299642973, 9780230285255, 0230285252
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