The Crisis Imperative : : Crisis Rhetoric and Welfare State Reform in Belgium and the Netherlands in the Early 1990s / / 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 announce...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2005] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Changing Welfare States ;
6 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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