Pierson Paul <br/><br/>
Dismantling the welfare state : Reagan, Thatcher, and the politics of retrenchment 

 - Cambridge  Cambridge University Press  2007 
 - 213p  vii 
<br/><br/>Table of contents<br/>Introduction: <br/>Conservatives and the Welfare State; <br/>Part I. Analytical Foundations: <br/>1. The logic of retrenchment; <br/>2. The context for retrenchment politics; <br/>Part II. The Politics of Programmatic Retrenchment: <br/>3. Retrenchment in a core sector: old age pensions; <br/>4. Retrenchment in a vulnerable sector: housing; <br/>5. Retrenchment in a residualized sector: income support; <br/>Part III. The Embattled Welfare State: <br/>6. Reagan, Thatcher and the welfare state; <br/>7. Social policy in an era of austerity.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521555708 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1. Welfare State - Social Policy - U S A - 1980 - 19932. Social Policy - U K - 1979
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.600000  / PIE