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Welfare State Reforms Seen from Below : Comparing Public Attitudes and Organized Interests in Britain and Germany / edited by Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Elias Naumann.

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard, editor.; Naumann, Elias, editor.
2018
JC479
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Title
Welfare State Reforms Seen from Below : Comparing Public Attitudes and Organized Interests in Britain and Germany / edited by Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Elias Naumann.
ISBN
9783319636528
3319636529
9783319636511
3319636510
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63652-8
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
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English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-63652-8 doi
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JC479
Dewey Decimal Classification
361.65
Summary
Studying the political economy of welfare state reform, this edited collection focuses on the role of public opinion and organized interests in respect to policy change. It highlights that welfare states are hard pressed to reform in order to cope with ongoing socio-economic and demographic challenges. While public opinion is commonly seen to oppose welfare cuts and organized interests such as trade unions have tended to defend acquired social rights, this book shows that there have been emergent tendencies in favour of reform. Welfare State Reforms Seen from Below analyses a wide range of social policies affecting healthcare, pensions and the labour market to demonstrate how social groups and interest organizations differ and interact in their approaches to reform. Comparing Britain and Germany, with its two very different welfare states, it provides a European perspective on the changing approaches to welfare. This book will be of interest to those wanting to learn more about the politics of the welfare state and of relevance to students and academics in the fields of political economy and comparative social policy.
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1. Introduction: Analysing Organized Interests and Public Opinion Towards Welfare Reforms
Section 1: Organized Interests, Political Actors, and Social Groups
2. Membership or Influence Logic? The Response of Organized Interests to Retirement Age Reforms in Britain and Germany
3. Between Power and Persuasion: Explaining the Introduction of Statutory Minimum Wage Laws in Britain and Germany
4. Positions of Interests Groups towards Labour Market Reforms in Germany
A Novel Content Analysis of Press Releases
5. Class, Union or Party Allegiance? Comparing Pension Reform Preferences in Britain and Germany
6. Demand for Healthcare Reform by Public Opinion and Medical Professionals: A Comparative Survey Analysis
Section 2: Public Attitudes Towards Reforms
7. The Popularity of Pension and Unemployment Policies Revisited: The Erosion of Public Support in Britain and Germany
8. Trust in Ageing Societies: Confidence in Pensions across Europe
9. Does Population Ageing Change Pension Reform Attitudes? A Survey Experiment on Political Knowledge, Ideology and Preferences
10. Increasing Conflict in Times of Retrenchment? Attitudes towards Healthcare Provision in Europe between 1996 and 2002
11. Conclusion: The Influence from Below
How Organized Interests and Public Attitudes Shape Welfare State Reforms in Europe.

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