Radical Welfare State Retrenchment in Comparative Perspective (Transformations of the State)

by PeterStarke (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $131.34

  This book confronts one of the most fiercely contested issues in current political debates: how is welfare state retrenchment possible in modern democracies despite the welfare state's continuing popular appeal? Starke offers an international comparative analysis of welfare state retrenchment and an in-depth examination of its radical deployments.