Development and Crisis of the Welfare State: Parties and Policies in Global MarketsEvelyne Huber and John D. Stephens offer the most systematic examination to date of the origins, character, effects, and prospects of generous welfare states in advanced industrial democracies in the post—World War II era. They demonstrate that prolonged government by different parties results in markedly different welfare states, with strong differences in levels of poverty and inequality. Combining quantitative studies with historical qualitative research, the authors look closely at nine countries that achieved high degrees of social protection through different types of welfare regimes: social democratic states, Christian democratic states, and "wage earner" states. In their analysis, the authors emphasize the distribution of influence between political parties and labor movements, and also focus on the underestimated importance of gender as a basis for mobilization. Building on their previous research, Huber and Stephens show how high wages and generous welfare states are still possible in an age of globalization and trade competition. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
OUTLINE OF THE ARGUMENT | 3 |
METHODOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS | 8 |
THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS | 9 |
Theoretical Framework and Methodological Approach | 14 |
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH | 32 |
The Development of Welfare States Quantitative Evidence | 39 |
HYPOTHESIS | 40 |
Welfare State Retrenchment Quantitative Evidence | 202 |
DATA AND METHODS | 203 |
RESULTS | 206 |
CONCLUSION | 219 |
The Politics of Welfare States after the Golden Age A Comparative Historical Analysis | 222 |
CHANGES IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY AND DOMESTIC SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND THEIR EFFECTS | 223 |
THE NORDIC SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC WELFARE STATES | 241 |
THE NORTHERN CONTINENTAL CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC WELFARE STATES | 265 |
OPERATIONALIZATIONS | 50 |
ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES | 62 |
RESULTS | 66 |
CONCLUSION | 79 |
Welfare State and Production Regimes | 85 |
WELFARE STATE AND PRODUCTION REGIMES | 86 |
THE PERFORMANCE OF REGIMES | 105 |
CONCLUSION | 110 |
The Development of Welfare States and Production Regimes in the Golden Age A Comparative Historical Analysis | 113 |
PATHS TO THE NORDIC WELFARE STATE | 115 |
THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC WELFARE STATES OF NORTHERN EUROPE | 144 |
THE ANTIPODEAN WAGE EARNER WELFARE STATES | 169 |
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS | 181 |
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