Search Results for: Dismantling The Welfare State

This book offers a careful examination of the politics of social policy in an era of austerity and conservative governance. Focusing on the administrations of R

A wonderful book- certain to be the benchmark study of Welfare states in hard times. Pierson's linkage of policy feedbacks and political institutions provides a

The American welfare state is often blamed for exacerbating social problems confronting African Americans while failing to improve their economic lot. Michael K

Why has old-age security become less solidaristic and increasingly tied to risky capitalist markets? Drawing on rich archival data that covers more than fifty y

The welfare states of the affluent democracies now stand at the centre of political discussion and social conflict. In this text, an international team of leadi