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The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis 2013th Edition
Author(s): P. Starke (Author), A. Kaasch (Author), F. Van Hooren (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 7 May 2013
- Edition: 2013th
- Language: English
- Print length: 254 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780230285255
- ISBN-13: 0230285252
Book 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.
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Review
“The great virtue of this book is that it brings together good empirical evidence and analysis of how welfare states respond to and manage crises over time, from a variety of settings.” – Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent, UK
About the Author
Peter Starke is a Political Scientist at the University of Bremen, Germany. Recent publications include Radical Welfare State Retrenchment: A Comparative Analysis.
Alexandra Kaasch is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. Previously she held a post-doctoral research position at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Franca van Hooren is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Bremen, Germany. She obtained her PhD from the European University Institute, Italy.
