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The Crisis Imperative : Crisis Rhetoric and Welfare State Reform in Belgium and the Netherlands in the Early 1990s /

Belgium and the Netherlands were perfect examples of the "welfare without work" policy that characterized European welfare states - until a political crisis in both countries during the early 1990s produced a surprising divergence in administration. While Belgium's government announce...

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Autor principal: Kuipers, Sanneke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2005]
Colección:Changing Welfare States ; 6
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Crisis Imperative
  • 2. Crisis and Change
  • 3. Comparing Social Security Crises:Design and Method
  • 4. "Nothing as Permanent as a Temporary Arrangement"1: Belgian Policy Making on Unemployment Benefits
  • 5. Global Pacts and Crisis Plans
  • 6. The Sticky State and the Dutch Disease
  • 7. Crisis Narratives and Sweeping Reforms
  • 8. The Politics of Crisis Construction
  • Notes
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Interview Respondents
  • Bibliography
  • Index