Date: 2011
Type: Book
The Risk of Social Policy?: The electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries
London/New York, Routledge, 2011, Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare, 13
GIGER, Nathalie, The Risk of Social Policy?: The electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries, London/New York, Routledge, 2011, Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare, 13
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This book contributes to the existing literature by providing an empirical analysis of the electoral implications of social policy. Giger asks the basic research question: What are the electoral consequences of social policy performance and retrenchment? More specifically, the following questions are addressed in order to provide a systematic test of the topic: Is retrenchment indeed completely unpopular? Do people punish the government for bad performance in the field of social policy? And what are the political implications of such a punishment reaction; does it affect the government composition? It shows empirically that the risks of welfare state retrenchment to incumbent governments may be lower than previously thought, and presents a theoretical framework for re-examining the impact of retrenchment initiatives on election outcome.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/22658
ISBN: 9780415591980
Publisher: Routledge
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