03488nam 2200685Ia 450 991014354200332120200520144314.01-280-95884-7978661095884990-485-0515-10-585-49644-710.1515/9789048505159(CKB)111087028328350(EBL)420030(OCoLC)667094452(SSID)ssj0000224023(PQKBManifestationID)11185394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224023(PQKBWorkID)10205013(PQKB)11330387(DE-B1597)518152(OCoLC)54392681(DE-B1597)9789048505159(UkCbUP)CR9789048505159(Au-PeEL)EBL420030(CaPaEBR)ebr10053690(CaONFJC)MIL95884(MiAaPQ)EBC420030(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26030(EXLCZ)9911108702832835020040625d2002 my 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe politics of justification party competition and welfare-state retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982-1998 /Christoffer Green-Pedersen1st ed.Amsterdam Amsterdam University Pressc20021 online resource (207 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Amsterdam Archaeological StudiesTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).90-5356-590-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Acknowledgments --Contents --List of abbreviations --1. Introduction --2. From theories of expansion to theories of retrenchment --3. A framework for government choice on retrenchment --4. Research strategy and research design --5. Retrenchments in Denmark and the Netherlands --6. Dutch Politics and welfare-state retrenchment. How party competition produced consensus --7. Danish politics and welfare-state retrenchment: The difficulties of a right-wing government and the possibilities of a left-wing government --8. The evidence on balance and some quibbles --9. Party politics matter - summary and implications --Appendix --Summary --Notes --References --IndexChristoffer Green-Pedersen's insightful examination of political party strategy in Europe reveals strong links between party consensus and policy retrenchment, arguing that the former allows governments to frame retrenchment in a way that justifies it to the electorate. In the Netherlands, Green-Pedersen shows, such consensus emerged in the mid-1980s, allowing the government to implement a number of welfare retrenchments; in Denmark, consensus did not emerge until the Social Democratic Party re-entered government in 1993, leading to less welfare-state retrenchment than in the Netherlands.Changing Welfare StatesWelfare stateDenmarkWelfare stateNetherlandsWelfare stateWelfare state361.9489Green-Pedersen Christoffer800856MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910143542003321The politics of justification2203922UNINA