The Welfare State as Crisis Manager Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis
Description
This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions.
Keywords
Political SciencePublic PolicySocial Services & WelfareBusiness & EconomicsPublic FinanceComparative PoliticsSocial PolicySocial ScienceSocial WorkSociologyIndustriesHistory & Theory
2013Book
Author(s)A. Kaasch, P. Starke, F. Van Hooren, Franca Van Hooren
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230285255
LanguageEnglish
