The Politics of Justification : : Party Competition and Welfare-State Retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982 to 1998 / / Christoffer Green-Pedersen.

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• VerfasserIn: Green-Pedersen, Christoffer,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2002]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; List of abbreviations --; 1. Introduction --; 2. From theories of expansion to theories of retrenchment --; 3. A framework for government choice on retrenchment --; 4. Research strategy and research design --; 5. Retrenchments in Denmark and the Netherlands --; 6. Dutch Politics and welfare-state retrenchment. How party competition produced consensus --; 7. Danish politics and welfare-state retrenchment: The difficulties of a right-wing government and the possibilities of a left-wing government --; 8. The evidence on balance and some quibbles --; 9. Party politics matter - summary and implications --; Appendix --; Summary --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048505159; 9783110700671; 9783110606515; 9783111023786; 9783110662788
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048505159?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: Open Access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christoffer Green-Pedersen.

Christoffer Green-Pedersen's insightful examination of political party strategy in Europe reveals strong links between party consensus and policy retrenchment, arguing that the former allows governments to frame retrenchment in a way that justifies it to the electorate. In the Netherlands, Green-Pedersen shows, such consensus emerged in the mid-1980s, allowing the government to implement a number of welfare retrenchments; in Denmark, consensus did not emerge until the Social Democratic Party re-entered government in 1993, leading to less welfare-state retrenchment than in the Netherlands.