The politics of social risk: business and welfare state development

"The book provides a systematic evaluation of the role played by business in the development of the modern welfare state. When and why have employers supported the development of institutions of social insurance that provide benefits to workers for various employment-related risks? What factors...

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Main Author: Mares, Isabela
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Cambridge 2003
Cambridge University Press
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19135099124919532719-The-politics-of-social-risk-bu.htm
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description "The book provides a systematic evaluation of the role played by business in the development of the modern welfare state. When and why have employers supported the development of institutions of social insurance that provide benefits to workers for various employment-related risks? What factors explain the variation in the social policy preferences of employers? What is the relative importance of business and labor-based organization in the negotiation of a new social policy? This book studies these critical questions, by examining the role played by German and French producers in eight social policy reforms spanning nearly a century of social policy development. The analysis demonstrates that major social policies were adopted by cross-class alliances comprising labor-based organizations and key sectors of the business community. "
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is_hierarchy_title The politics of social risk: business and welfare state development
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physical XVII, 319 p.
Paper
publishDate 2003
publisher Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
spellingShingle Mares, Isabela
social policy
social protection
social security
welfare state
The politics of social risk: business and welfare state development
title The politics of social risk: business and welfare state development
topic social policy
social protection
social security
welfare state
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19135099124919532719-The-politics-of-social-risk-bu.htm