The Politics of Social Risk : Business and Welfare State Development Hardback
by Isabela (Stanford University, California) Mares
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics series
Hardback
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The book provides a systematic evaluation of the role played by business in the development of the modern welfare state.
When and why have employers supported the development of institutions of social insurance that provide benefits to workers for various employment-related risks?
What factors explain the variation in the social policy preferences of employers?
What is the relative importance of business and labor-based organization in the negotiation of a new social policy?
This book studies these critical questions, by examining the role played by German and French producers in eight social policy reforms spanning nearly a century of social policy development.
The analysis demonstrates that major social policies were adopted by cross-class alliances comprising labor-based organizations and key sectors of the business community.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:342 pages, 17 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/08/2003
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- ISBN:9780521827416
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:342 pages, 17 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/08/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521827416
