Development and crisis of the welfare state: parties and policies in global markets
"Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens offer the most systematic examination to date of the origins, character, effects, and prospects of generous welfare states in advanced industrial democracies in the post—World War II era. They demonstrate that prolonged government by different parties results...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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University of Chicago Press
2001
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| author | Huber, Evelyne Stephens, John |
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| description | "Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens offer the most systematic examination to date of the origins, character, effects, and prospects of generous welfare states in advanced industrial democracies in the post—World War II era. They demonstrate that prolonged government by different parties results in markedly different welfare states, with strong differences in levels of poverty and inequality. Combining quantitative studies with historical qualitative research, the authors look closely at nine countries that achieved high degrees of social protection through different types of welfare regimes: social democratic states, Christian democratic states, and "wage earner" states. In their analysis, the authors emphasize the distribution of influence between political parties and labor movements, and also focus on the underestimated importance of gender as a basis for mobilization.
Building on their previous research, Huber and Stephens show how high wages and generous welfare states are still possible in an age of globalization and trade competition." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | developed countries |
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| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | Development and crisis of the welfare state: parties and policies in global markets |
| language | English |
| physical | 416 p. Paper |
| publishDate | 2001 |
| publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| spellingShingle | Huber, Evelyne Stephens, John democracy employers organization gender government attitude history labour movement social policy social protection welfare state Development and crisis of the welfare state: parties and policies in global markets |
| title | Development and crisis of the welfare state: parties and policies in global markets |
| topic | democracy employers organization gender government attitude history labour movement social policy social protection welfare state |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19135087124919532699-Development-and-crisis-of-the-.htm |