Government Ideology, Economic Pressure, and Risk Privatization : How Economic Worldviews Shape Social Policy Choices in Times of Crisis /
Horn, Alexander
Government Ideology, Economic Pressure, and Risk Privatization : How Economic Worldviews Shape Social Policy Choices in Times of Crisis / Alexander Horn. - 1 online resource (300 p.) : 40 line drawings - Changing Welfare States .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Risk Privatization, Economic Crisis, and the Primacy of Politics -- 2. Much Ado about Nothing? Retrenchment versus Resilience -- 3. Theoretical and Analytical Framework: What We (Do Not) Know -- 4. Theoretical and Analytical Framework: Taking Ideology Seriously -- 5. The "End of Ideology?" Government Ideology over Time -- 6. The Ideological Complexion of Government and Retrenchment -- 7. Ideology Still Matters: Findings, Limitations, and Implications -- Annex -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
For nearly forty years now, governments in rich democracies have been shifting labour market risks from the state and employers to employees, cutting the generosity of social programmes even as they have tightened restrictions on eligibility. This book analyses those changes in eighteen countries and shows that the most important factor in explaining whether cuts are made is the economic world view of a particular government. While the economic pressures that are typically pointed to as the causes of these reforms do exist, Alexander Horn shows that they are nonetheless secondary to ideology.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789462980204 9789048529384
10.1515/9789048529384 doi
2017453229
Government spending policy--OECD countries.
Ideology--OECD countries.
Right and left (Political science)
Right and left (Political science).
Social policy--Economic aspects.
Social problems--History.
Politics and Government.
Social and Political Sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Retrenchment, Economic Pressure, Effects of Government Ideology, Unemployment Insurance, Cognitive Frames.
HN28 / .H67 2017
361.1
Government Ideology, Economic Pressure, and Risk Privatization : How Economic Worldviews Shape Social Policy Choices in Times of Crisis / Alexander Horn. - 1 online resource (300 p.) : 40 line drawings - Changing Welfare States .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Risk Privatization, Economic Crisis, and the Primacy of Politics -- 2. Much Ado about Nothing? Retrenchment versus Resilience -- 3. Theoretical and Analytical Framework: What We (Do Not) Know -- 4. Theoretical and Analytical Framework: Taking Ideology Seriously -- 5. The "End of Ideology?" Government Ideology over Time -- 6. The Ideological Complexion of Government and Retrenchment -- 7. Ideology Still Matters: Findings, Limitations, and Implications -- Annex -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
For nearly forty years now, governments in rich democracies have been shifting labour market risks from the state and employers to employees, cutting the generosity of social programmes even as they have tightened restrictions on eligibility. This book analyses those changes in eighteen countries and shows that the most important factor in explaining whether cuts are made is the economic world view of a particular government. While the economic pressures that are typically pointed to as the causes of these reforms do exist, Alexander Horn shows that they are nonetheless secondary to ideology.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789462980204 9789048529384
10.1515/9789048529384 doi
2017453229
Government spending policy--OECD countries.
Ideology--OECD countries.
Right and left (Political science)
Right and left (Political science).
Social policy--Economic aspects.
Social problems--History.
Politics and Government.
Social and Political Sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Retrenchment, Economic Pressure, Effects of Government Ideology, Unemployment Insurance, Cognitive Frames.
HN28 / .H67 2017
361.1