Cover; Foreword; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Framework; 3. Preferences for Risk Protection; 4. A Quantitative Analysis of the Partisan Politics of Risk Protection; 5. The Fine Art of Marketization; 6. Erode and Attack; 7. New Perspectives on the Welfare State; References; Index
Summary
This title studies the welfare state policies of conservative and liberal governments. These parties have been assumed to be nothing but the welfare-sceptical flip-side of the Left, but the book presents a new theory arguing that the conventional wisdom is wrong
