Welfare State Reforms Seen From Below: Comparing Public Attitudes And Organized Interests In Britain And Germany
by Bernhard Ebbinghaus /
2017 / English / PDF
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Studying the political economy of welfare state reform, this
edited collection focuses on the role of public opinion and
organized interests in respect to policy change. It highlights
that welfare states are hard pressed to reform in order to cope
with ongoing socio-economic and demographic challenges. While
public opinion is commonly seen to oppose welfare cuts and
organized interests such as trade unions have tended to defend
acquired social rights, this book shows that there have been
emergent tendencies in favour of reform.
Studying the political economy of welfare state reform, this
edited collection focuses on the role of public opinion and
organized interests in respect to policy change. It highlights
that welfare states are hard pressed to reform in order to cope
with ongoing socio-economic and demographic challenges. While
public opinion is commonly seen to oppose welfare cuts and
organized interests such as trade unions have tended to defend
acquired social rights, this book shows that there have been
emergent tendencies in favour of reform.
Welfare State Reforms Seen from Below
Welfare State Reforms Seen from Below analyses a wide range
of social policies affecting healthcare, pensions and the labour
market to demonstrate how social groups and interest
organizations differ and interact in their approaches to reform.
Comparing Britain and Germany, with its two very different
welfare states, it provides a European perspective on the
changing approaches to welfare.
analyses a wide range
of social policies affecting healthcare, pensions and the labour
market to demonstrate how social groups and interest
organizations differ and interact in their approaches to reform.
Comparing Britain and Germany, with its two very different
welfare states, it provides a European perspective on the
changing approaches to welfare.
This book will be of interest to those wanting to learn more
about the politics of the welfare state and of relevance to
students and academics in the fields of political economy and
comparative social policy.
This book will be of interest to those wanting to learn more
about the politics of the welfare state and of relevance to
students and academics in the fields of political economy and
comparative social policy.