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Development and Crisis of the Welfare State Parties and Policies in Global Markets

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ISBN-10: 0226356477

ISBN-13: 9780226356471

Edition: 2001

Authors: Evelyne Huber, John D. Stephens

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Torin Monahan is associate professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of several books, including, most recently, Surveillance in the Time of Insecurity.Evelyne Huber is the Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

John D. Stephens is the Gerhard E. Lenski, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
Outline of the Argument
Methodological Contributions
Theoretical Contributions
Theoretical Framework and Methodological Approach
Theoretical Framework
Methodological Approach
The Development of Welfare States: Quantitative Evidence
Hypotheses
Operationalizations
Analytic Techniques
Results
Conclusion
Welfare State and Production Regimes
Welfare State and Production Regimes
The Performance of Regimes
Conclusion
The Development of Welfare States and Production Regimes in the Golden Age: A Comparative Historical Analysis
Paths to the Nordic Welfare State
The Christian Democratic Welfare States of Northern Europe
The Antipodean Wage Earner Welfare States
Comparative Analysis
Welfare State Retrenchment: Quantitative Evidence
Data and Methods
Results
Conclusion
The Politics of Welfare States after the Golden Age: A Comparative Historical Analysis
Changes in the International Economy and Domestic Social Structures and Their Effects
The Nordic Social Democratic Welfare States
The Northern Continental Christian Democratic Welfare States
The Antipodes
The Impact of Retrenchment
Conclusion
Conclusion
Summary of Arguments
Speculation and Prescription
Contributions to Theories of the Welfare State
Contributions to Theories of the State
Appendix
Notes
References
Index