Radical Welfare State Retrenchment: A Comparative Analysis

By Peter Starke

This book confronts one of the most fiercely contested issues in current political debates: how is welfare state retrenchment possible in modern democracies despite the welfare state's continuing popular appeal? Starke offers an international comparative analysis of welfare state retrenchment and an in-depth examination of its radical deployments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230008100
• ISBN13: 9780230008106
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"