West European welfare states: The old politics of retrenchment
Analysing endeavours to restructure welfare provision, Paul Pierson proposes that the ‘politics of retrenchment’ is very different from the politics of welfare expansion. In particular, the difficulties of welfare retrenchment are not to be explained by existing theories of welfare expansion; and th...
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description | Analysing endeavours to restructure welfare provision, Paul Pierson proposes that the ‘politics of retrenchment’ is very different from the politics of welfare expansion. In particular, the difficulties of welfare retrenchment are not to be explained by existing theories of welfare expansion; and the ‘old’ politics of welfare expansion has little to offer in explaining the ‘new’ politics of welfare retrenchment. This article questions these claims. First, contemporary societal developments are considered in the light of three major theories advanced to explain the emergence of welfare states in Western Europe: the logic–of–industrialism, the crisis of capitalism, and nation–building. Secondly, focusing on trade unions, mainstream left parties, and traditions of governance, the current status of the political forces regarded as vital in building welfare states is assessed. The conclusion drawn is that the resilience of the welfare state in Western Europe lies less in the ‘new’ politics of ‘policy lock in’ and ‘client interest groups’ than in the persistence of the ‘old’ forces that led to the founding and expansion of welfare states. |
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