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Autore: | Kuipers Sanneke |
Titolo: | The crisis imperative : crisis rhetoric and welfare state reform in Belgium and The Netherlands in the early 1990s / / Sanneke Kuipers [[electronic resource]] |
Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina: | 368.3009493 |
Soggetto topico: | Public welfare - Belgium |
Public welfare - Netherlands | |
Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021). |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Crisis Imperative -- 2. Crisis and Change -- 3. Comparing Social Security Crises: Design and Method -- 4. "Nothing as Permanent as a Temporary Arrangement"1: Belgian Policy Making on Unemployment Benefits -- 5. Global Pacts and Crisis Plans -- 6. The Sticky State and the Dutch Disease -- 7. Crisis Narratives and Sweeping Reforms -- 8. The Politics of Crisis Construction -- Notes -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Interview Respondents -- Bibliography -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Belgium and the Netherlands were perfect examples of the 'welfare without work' policy that characterized European welfare states-until a political crisis in both countries during the early 1990s produced a surprising divergence in administration. While Belgium's government announced major reforms, its social security policy remained relatively resilient. In the Netherlands, however, policymakers implemented unprecedented cutbacks as well as a major overhaul of the disability benefits program. <i>The Crisis Imperative</i> explains this difference as the result of crisis rhetoric-that is, the deliberate construction of a crisis as the imperative for change. It will be a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, and anyone interested in welfare reform in the United States and abroad. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The crisis imperative |
ISBN: | 1-280-95820-0 |
9786610958207 | |
90-485-0392-2 | |
1-4237-4631-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996465260103316 |
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