Life Cycle Risks and the Politics of the Welfare State (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788771849820)

Life Cycle Risks and the Politics of the Welfare State presents the dual risk model of the welfare state. Previous research in the field has predominantly studied the role of modernization and the associated labor market risks; this book gives equal weight to a different class of social risks, namely those related to the life cycle. Labor market and life cycle risks each have profound, but distinct consequences for the political process of the welfare state, including public opinion formation, party competition, and public policy-making. The dual risk model helps us to understand why some social programs are prioritized over others in terms of political attention and public spending - and how this prioritization leads to mounting economic inequalities in modern-day societies.

Author: Carsten Jensen
ISBN-10: 8771849823
ISBN-13: 9788771849820
Publisher: Aarhus University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2019
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.40d