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When 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.
Utilising 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.
An invaluable text on the political economy of the welfare
state, Politics of Segmentation will be of interest to scholars of
political economy, social policy and comparative politics.
When 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.
Utilising 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.
An invaluable text on the political economy of the welfare
state, Politics of Segmentation will be of interest to scholars of
political economy, social policy and comparative politics.
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