Dismantling the welfare state : Reagan, Thatcher, and the politics of retrenchment

By:

Pierson Paul

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2007Description: 213p viiISBN:

9780521555708

Subject(s):

1. Welfare State - Social Policy - U S A - 1980 - 19932. Social Policy - U K - 1979

DDC classification:

361.600000 PIE

Contents:

Table of contents Introduction: Conservatives and the Welfare State; Part I. Analytical Foundations: 1. The logic of retrenchment; 2. The context for retrenchment politics; Part II. The Politics of Programmatic Retrenchment: 3. Retrenchment in a core sector: old age pensions; 4. Retrenchment in a vulnerable sector: housing; 5. Retrenchment in a residualized sector: income support; Part III. The Embattled Welfare State: 6. Reagan, Thatcher and the welfare state; 7. Social policy in an era of austerity.

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Table of contents
Introduction:
Conservatives and the Welfare State;
Part I. Analytical Foundations:
1. The logic of retrenchment;
2. The context for retrenchment politics;
Part II. The Politics of Programmatic Retrenchment:
3. Retrenchment in a core sector: old age pensions;
4. Retrenchment in a vulnerable sector: housing;
5. Retrenchment in a residualized sector: income support;
Part III. The Embattled Welfare State:
6. Reagan, Thatcher and the welfare state;
7. Social policy in an era of austerity.

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