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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2005]
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Colección: | Changing Welfare States ;
6 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
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