Why Welfare States Persist The Importance of Public Opinion in Democracies

Name: Why Welfare States Persist The Importance of Public Opinion in Democracies
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ISBN: 9780226075846

ISBN-10: 0226075842

ISBN-13: 9780226075846

Edition: 2007

Authors: Clem Brooks, Jeff Manza

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The world's richer democracies all provide such public benefits as pensions and health care, but why are some far more generous than others? And why, in the face of globalization and fiscal pressures, has the welfare state not been replaced by another model? Reconsidering the myriad issues raised by such pressing questions, Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza contend here that public opinion has been an important, yet neglected, factor in shaping welfare states in recent decades. Analyzing data on sixteen countries, Brooks and Manza find that the preferences of citizens profoundly influence the welfare policies of their governments and the behavior of politicians in office. Shaped by slow-moving…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 204
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Welfare State, Mass Opinion, and Embedded Preferences



Reaching for Mass Opinion



Do Policy Preferences Explain Welfare State Differences?



Retrenchment, Restructuring, Persistence



The Question of Convergence



Where Do Welfare State Preferences Come From?



The Patterning of Social Policy Responsiveness



Embedded Preferences and Welfare State Trajectories


Notes


References


Index