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The politics of justification : party competition and welfare-state retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982 to 1998 /

"The Politics of Justification is an investigation of welfare retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands, 1982-1998. Welfare retrenchment is politically highly controversial, but still governments do retrench. This book argues that governments can implement retrenchment if they can achieve a p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green-Pedersen, Christoffer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2002.
Colección:Changing welfare states.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From theories of expansion to theories of retrenchment
  • A framework for government choice on retrenchment
  • Research strategy and research design
  • Retrenchments in Denmark and the Netherlands
  • Dutch Politics and welfare-state retrenchment : How party competition produced consensus
  • Danish politics and welfare-state retrenchment : The difficulties of a right-wing government and the possibilities of a left-wing government
  • The evidence on balance and some quibbles
  • Party politics matter
  • summary and implications.