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New findings on children, families, and economic self-sufficiency
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ISBN: 0309571685 9780309571685 Year: 1995 Publisher: Washington, D.C. National Academy Press


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Politique sociale américaine : Les années REAGAN
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ISSN: 09936793 ISBN: 2890351009 9782890351004 Year: 1988 Volume: 4 Publisher: Paris : Syros,

On democracy
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ISBN: 0140067817 9780140067811 Year: 1983 Publisher: New York Penguin Books

Controversial issues in social welfare policy : government and the persuit of happiness
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ISBN: 0803940432 0803940424 9780803940437 9780803940420 Year: 1992 Volume: 3 Publisher: London Sage

The common good: its politics, policies and philosophy
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ISBN: 0710206909 9780710206909 Year: 1986 Publisher: New York Routledge and Kegan Paul

Dismantling the welfare state? : Reagan, Thatcher, and the politics of retrenchment
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ISBN: 0521403820 0521555701 1316045358 0511805284 Year: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book offers a careful examination of the politics of social policy in an era of austerity and conservative governance. Focusing on the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Pierson provides a compelling explanation for the welfare state's durability and for the few occasions where each government was able to achieve significant cutbacks. The programmes of the modern welfare state - the 'policy legacies' of previous governments - generally proved resistant to reform. Hemmed in by the political supports that have developed around mature social programmes, conservative opponents of the welfare state were successful only when they were able to divide the supporters of social programmes, compensate those negatively affected, or hide what they were doing from potential critics. The book will appeal to those interested in the politics of neo-conservatism as well as those concerned about the development of the modern welfare state. It will attract readers in the fields of comparative politics, public policy, and political economy.

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