Social Democracy Inside Out: Partisanship and Labor Market Policy in Advanced Industrialized Democracies

by David Rueda

Book Overview

The analysis in this book disputes entrenched interpretations of the comparative political economy of industrialized democracies. It questions, in particular, the widely-held assumption that social democratic governments will defend the interests of labor. The evidence shows that labor has become split into two clearly differentiated constituencies: those with secure employment (insiders) and those without (outsiders). The book focuses on three policy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199216355
• ISBN13: 9780199216352
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"