Risk Inequality and Welfare States - Social Policy Preferences, Development, and Dynamics

Informationen zum Autor After receiving his master's degree in Germany and his PhD from Duke University, North Carolina, Philipp Rehm worked at the University of Oxford, the European University Institute, and Ohio State University. His work on risk and welfare states is published in leading journals, such as the American Political Science Review and World Politics. Klappentext Focusing on distribution of risk within societies, this book presents a parsimonious theory of social policy emergence, divergence, and change. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the distribution of risk within societies! this book presents a parsimonious theory of social policy emergence! divergence! and change. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in political economy! social policy! labor market politics! political behavior! political psychology! sociology! and class stratification. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical framework; 3. Preference formation; 4. Risk perceptions; 5. Risk pools and social policy popularity; 6. Risk pools and social policy retrenchment - German unification; 7. Risk pools and social policy adoption; 8. Crises and social policy; 9. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Philipp Rehm, Philipp (Ohio State University) Rehm, Rehm Philipp
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9781107108165
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10816-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Comparative Politics, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems