TY - BOOK ID - 48298528 TI - Renegotiating the welfare state : flexible adjustment through corporatist concertation AU - Lehmbruch, Gerhard. AU - Waarden, Frans van PY - 2003 SN - 0203380355 1280022981 1134594488 113459447X 0203388844 0415223458 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Welfare state. KW - Comparative government. KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Political science KW - State, Welfare KW - Economic policy KW - Public welfare KW - Social policy KW - State, The KW - Welfare economics KW - corporatist KW - concertation KW - peak KW - associations KW - wage KW - moderation KW - labour KW - market KW - austrian KW - social KW - Comparative government KW - Welfare state UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48298528 AB - Why have some countries have been more successful in welfare state reform than others? This book examines the experiences of various countries in reforming their welfare states through renegotiations between the state and peak associations of employers and employees. This corporatist concertation has been blamed for bringing about all the ills of the welfare state, but lately corporate institutions have learned from their bad performances, modified their structures and style of operation, and assumed responsibility for welfare state reform. Consensual bargaining is back on the agenda o ER -