The new politics of the welfare state
- New York : Oxford University, 2001
- 514 p.
Part I - Sources of pressure on the contemporany welfare state 1 - Round up the usual suspects 2 - The dynamics of welfare state expansion: trade openess, de-industralization, and partisan politics - Torben Iversen 3 - Post-industrial pressures on the mature welfare states - Paul Pierson Part II - Adjustment dynamics: economic actors and systems of interest intermediation 5 - Comparative institutional advantages of welfare state regimes and new coalitions in welfare state reforms - Philip Manow 6 - The political economy of social pacts: competitive corporatism and european welfare reform - Martin Rhodes Part III - Adjustment dynamics parties, elections, and political institutions 7 - Political institutions and welfare state restructuring: the impact of institutions on social policy change in developed democraties - Duane Swank 8 - Political institutions, veto points, and the process of welfare state adaptation - Giuliano Bonoli Part Four - Comparing policy domains 9 - Partisan competition and welfare state retrenchment: when do politicians choose unpopular policies? - Herbert Kitschelt 10 - The comparative political economy of pension reform - John Myles 11 - Who pays for health care reform? - Susan Giaimo 12 - Labour market regimes under threat? Sources of continuity in Germany, Britain, and sweden - Stewart Wood