UID:
edocfu_9959017970102883
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9789048505159
Serie:
Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
Inhalt:
Christoffer Green-Pedersen's insightful examination of political party strategy in Europe reveals strong links between party consensus and policy retrenchment, arguing that the former allows governments to frame retrenchment in a way that justifies it to the electorate. In the Netherlands, Green-Pedersen shows, such consensus emerged in the mid-1980s, allowing the government to implement a number of welfare retrenchments; in Denmark, consensus did not emerge until the Social Democratic Party re-entered government in 1993, leading to less welfare-state retrenchment than in the Netherlands.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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List of abbreviations --
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1. Introduction --
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2. From theories of expansion to theories of retrenchment --
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3. A framework for government choice on retrenchment --
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4. Research strategy and research design --
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5. Retrenchments in Denmark and the Netherlands --
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6. Dutch Politics and welfare-state retrenchment. How party competition produced consensus --
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7. Danish politics and welfare-state retrenchment: The difficulties of a right-wing government and the possibilities of a left-wing government --
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8. The evidence on balance and some quibbles --
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9. Party politics matter – summary and implications --
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Appendix --
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Summary --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9789048505159
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048505159
