{"product_id":"politics-of-segmentation-georg-picot-9781138812468","title":"Politics of Segmentation: Party Competition and Social Protection in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen political parties make policy decisions they are influenced by the competition they face from other parties. This book examines how party competition and party systems affect reforms of social protection. Featuring a historical comparison of Italy and Germany post-1945, the book shows how a high number of parties and ideological polarisation lead to fragmented and unequal social benefits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilising a comparative approach, the author brings together two important issues in welfare state research that have been insufficiently investigated. Firstly, the complex influence of party competition on social policy-making, and second, how some social groups enjoy better social protection than others. Moving beyond the two countries of the case study, the book proposes an innovative framework for studying segmentation of social protection and applies this framework to a wider set of 15 advanced welfare states. Overall, this book draws together different strands of research on political parties and on welfare states, and introduces a new argument on how party politics shapes social policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn invaluable text on the political economy of the welfare state, \u003cem\u003ePolitics of Segmentation\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to scholars of political economy, social policy and comparative politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Georg Picot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138812463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138812468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Georg Picot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444056011007,"sku":"9781138812468","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3d5564f-ec75-416c-b00a-96cc2baee4a2.jpg?v=1777209695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/politics-of-segmentation-georg-picot-9781138812468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}