The Crisis Imperative : : Crisis Rhetoric and Welfare State Reform in Belgium and the Netherlands in the Early 1990s / / Sanneke Kuipers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kuipers, Sanneke,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2005]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Changing Welfare States ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048503926; 9783110700671; 9783110606515; 9783111023786; 9783110662788
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048503926?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: Open Access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sanneke Kuipers.

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. The Crisis Imperative 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.