The politics of justification : party competition and welfare-state retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982 to 1998 /
"The Politics of Justification is an investigation of welfare retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands, 1982-1998. Welfare retrenchment is politically highly controversial, but still governments do retrench. This book argues that governments can implement retrenchment if they can achieve a p...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Changing welfare states.
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Table of Contents:
- From theories of expansion to theories of retrenchment
- A framework for government choice on retrenchment
- Research strategy and research design
- Retrenchments in Denmark and the Netherlands
- Dutch Politics and welfare-state retrenchment : How party competition produced consensus
- Danish politics and welfare-state retrenchment : The difficulties of a right-wing government and the possibilities of a left-wing government
- The evidence on balance and some quibbles
- Party politics matter
- summary and implications.
