The New Politics of the Welfare State (Paperback)

Professor Department of Government Paul Pierson; Paul Pierson
Oxford University Press (UK)
 9780198297567
0-19-829756-4

The welfare states of affluent democracies now stand at the center of political discussion and social conflict. In these path-breaking essays, an international team of leading analysts demonstrate that.

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the politics of social policy focus on the renegotiation, restructuring, and modernization of the post-war social contract rather than its dismantling.