Politics of Risk-Taking: Welfare State Reform in Advanced Democracies (Amsterdam University Press - Changing Welfare States Series)

✍ Scribed by Barbara Vis

Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 249
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

How much and in which direction have the welfare states among the Western democracies changed over the past decades? Moreover, under what conditions have governments enacted these changes? Based on insights from prospect theory, Barbara Vis demonstrates how socioeconomic or political setbacks affect a government’s view of risk—and thereby the degree and type of reform they pursue. This study’s new theoretical stance and innovative methodological approach make it a must read for those policymakers, scholars, and students interested in the politics of welfare state reform.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 6
Tables and fi gures......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1. The puzzle and its pieces
......Page 14
2. Fuzzy-set analysis
......Page 28
3. Radical change or
much ado about nothing?......Page 42
4. Which governments pursue reform and how much?
......Page 74
5. What existing theories have to off er and why they fail
......Page 92
6. Bringing in prospect theory
......Page 110
7. Politics of risk-taking
......Page 134
8. Risk-taking in welfare reform: Summary and implications
......Page 160
Appendices
......Page 174
Notes......Page 210
References......Page 216
Index......Page 244

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