1st Edition
Renegotiating the Welfare State Flexible Adjustment through Corporatist Concertation
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why have some countries have been more successful in welfare state reform than others? This book examines the experiences of various countries in reforming their welfare states through renegotiations between the state and peak associations of employers and employees. This corporatist concertation has been blamed for bringing about all the ills of the welfare state, but lately corporate... Read more
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Countries with Traditions of Corporatist Concertation
Part III: Countries without Historical Corporatist Traditions
Part IV: Comparisons
Part V: European Corporatism
Part II: Countries with Traditions of Corporatist Concertation
Part III: Countries without Historical Corporatist Traditions
Part IV: Comparisons
Part V: European Corporatism
Biography
Frans van Waarden is Professor of Public Policy and Urganization at Utrecht University. He has been a visiting scholar/fellow at Stanford University, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies and the European University Institute in Florence.
Gerhard Lehmbruch is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and has been president of the German Political Science Association and vice-president of the International Political Science Association.
