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050 00 $aHN59.2$b.P52 1994
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100 1 $aPierson, Paul.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93109358
245 10 $aDismantling the welfare state? :$bReagan, Thatcher, and the politics of retrenchment /$cPaul Pierson.
260 $aCambridge, England ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1994.
263 $a9405
300 $aviii, 213 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCambridge studies in comparative politics
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: conservatives and the welfare state -- Pt. I. Analytical foundations. 1. The logic of retrenchment. 2. Interests, institutions, and policy feedback -- Pt. II. The politics of programmatic retrenchment. 3. Retrenchment in a core sector; old-age pensions. 4. Retrenchment in a vulnerable sector; housing policy. 5. Retrenchment in a residualized sector; income-support policy -- Pt. III. The embattled welfare state. 6. The impact of conservative governments. 7. Social policy in an era of austerity.
520 $aThis book offers a careful analysis of the politics of social policy in an era of austerity and conservative governance. Focusing on the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Pierson provides a compelling explanation for the welfare state's durability and for the few occasions in which each government was able to achieve significant cutbacks.
520 8 $aPierson's account draws on recent work in "historical institutionalism" and rational-choice theory to fashion an important argument about contemporary policy-making. The politics of retrenchment, he argues, is fundamentally different from that of welfare state expansion. The programs of the modern welfare state - the "policy legacies" of previous governments - generally proved resistant to reform.
520 8 $aHemmed in by the political supports that have developed around mature social programs, conservative opponents of the welfare state were successful only when they were able to divide the supporters of social programs, compensate those negatively affected, or hide what they were doing from potential critics. This book will be of interest to those in the fields of comparative public policy and political economy as well as to those concerned with the development of the modern welfare state.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y1980-1993.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006373
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xSocial policy$y1979-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001103
650 0 $aWelfare state.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146037
830 0 $aCambridge studies in comparative politics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91089840
852 00 $bleh$hHN59.2$i.P52 1994