Comparative Welfare State Politics

by Barbara Vis and Kees van Kersbergen

Book Overview

Welfare state reform occurs in all advanced capitalist democracies, but it does not occur in identical ways, to the same degree or with similar consequences. In Comparative Welfare State Politics, Kees van Kersbergen and Barbara Vis explain the political opportunities and constraints of welfare state reform by asking 'big' questions. Why did we need a welfare state in the first place? How did we get it? Why did we get different worlds of welfare and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521183715
• ISBN13: 9780521183710
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"