Crisis imperative : : crisis rhetoric and welfare state reform in Belgium and the Netherlands in the early 1990s /

Crisis imperative : : crisis rhetoric and welfare state reform in Belgium and the Netherlands in the early 1990s / / Sanneke Kuipers.

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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...

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Superior document:Changing welfare states
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Kuipers, Sanneke.
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Changing welfare states.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • 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

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