The risk of social policy? : the electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries /

The Risk of€Social Policy uses a comparative perspective to systematically analyse the effects of social policy reforms and welfare state retrenchment on voting choice. It re-examines twenty elections in OECD countries to show if and how social policy issues drive elections.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Giger, Nathalie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Colección:Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; 13.
Temas:
Welfare state > OECD countries.
Labor policy > OECD countries.
Socialism.
État providence > Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.
Travail > Politique gouvernementale > Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Labor policy
Social policy
Socialism
Welfare state
OECD countries > Social policy.
Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques > Politique sociale.
OECD countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Welfare state research : the theoretical background for the research question
  • 3. Electoral research and issue voting : the theoretical background for the analyses
  • 4. The context : more theoretical background for the analyses
  • 5. Research strategy, design and method
  • 6. The salience and performance of social policy in times of permanent austerity
  • 7. The impact of social policy attitudes on the incumbent vote
  • 8. Welfare state retrenchment and the incumbent performance in social policy
  • 9. Re-election at stake? : the impact of social policy on the election outcome
  • 10. Discussion of results and conclusion.

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