Title Radical welfare state retrenchment : a comparative analysis / Peter Starke

Published Basingstoke, [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Description xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Transformations of the state Transformations of the state. Contents Pt. I. Puzzles, Preliminaries and Prior Vulnerabilities -- 1. Introduction: An Empirical Puzzle -- 2. Preliminaries: Measurement, Theories and Strategy of Comparison -- 3. Prior Vulnerabilities: Where Would We Have Expected Retrenchment? -- Pt. II. New Zealand: An Extreme Case -- 4. The First Cutbacks -- 5. Radical Retrenchment and Restructuring -- 6. Retrenchment in New Zealand : Empirical Pattern, Causes and Consequences -- Pt. III. Retrenchment in Comparative Perspective -- 7. Putting an Extreme Case in Perspective: Retrenchment Across Countries -- 8. Explaining the Cross-National Pattern -- Pt. IV. Conclusion -- 9. Retrenchment and the Limits of Downsizing: Lessons and Policy Implications Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-261) and index Subject Welfare state -- OECD countries -- History -- 20th century. Welfare state -- OECD countries -- History -- 21st century. Welfare state -- OECD countries -- Cross-cultural studies. Welfare state -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century. Welfare state -- New Zealand -- History -- 21st century. Welfare state -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century. Welfare state -- Europe, Western -- History -- 21st century. LC no. 2007048552 ISBN 0230008100 alkaline paper 9780230008106 hardback

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