Restructuring The Welfare State

Political Institutions and Policy Change

• Author(s): B. Rothstein, S. Steinmo,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 0230109241
  ISBN_13: 9780230109247
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Public Policy / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Political Science / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Political Science / Political Economy , Political Science / History & Theory , Business & Economics / Labor / General ,

Description:... The modern welfare state is under threat from a variety of fronts. Changing demographic patterns, declining public trust, interest group demands and growing international competition for capital and labour are presenting modern states with intense pressures. This volume examines these competing pressures and offers a coherent analyses of both institutional resilience and institutional change. Adopting an evolutionary approach, this innovative volume demonstrates both how past practices and policies significantly affect the current options and how social and economic forces impinge upon each of these societies in surprisingly different ways. Cross-national in scope and unified in approach, Restructuring the Welfare State examines core issues facing the contemporary welfare state while at the same time significantly advancing historical institutionalist theory.