The Politics of Justification: Party Competition and Welfare-State Retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982 to 1998

Christoffer Green-Pedersen

doi:10.1017/9789048505159

The Politics of Justification

Party Competition and Welfare-State Retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982 to 1998

Christoffer Green-Pedersen's insightful examination of political party strategy in Europe reveals strong links between party consensus and policy retrenchment, arguing that the former allows governments to frame retrenchment in a way that justifies it to the electorate. In the Netherlands, Green-Pedersen shows, such consensus emerged in the mid-1980s, allowing the government to implement a number of welfare retrenchments; in Denmark, consensus did not emerge until the Social Democratic Party re-entered government in 1993, leading to less welfare-state retrenchment than in the Netherlands.

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The Politics of Justification

Party Competition and Welfare-State Retrenchment in Denmark and the Netherlands from 1982 to 1998

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Acknowledgments
pp 5-8

Contents
pp 9-10

List of Abbreviations
pp 11-12

1 - Introduction
pp 13-18

2 - From Theories of Expansion to Theories of Retrenchment
pp 19-30

3 - Framework for Government Choice on Retrenchment
pp 31-42

4 - Research Strategy and Research Design
pp 43-64

5 - Retrenchments in Denmark and the Netherlands
pp 65-92

6 - Dutch Politics and Welfare-State Retrenchment.How Party Competition Produced Consensus
pp 93-110

7 - Danish Politics and Welfare-State Retrenchment:The Difficulties of a Right-Wing Government and the Possibilities of a Left-Wing Government
pp 111-130

8 - The Evidence on Balance and some Quibbles
pp 131-142

9 - Party Politics Matter – Summary and Implications
pp 143-152

Appendix
pp 153-158

Summary
pp 159-164

Notes
pp 165-174

References
pp 175-196

Index
pp 197-207

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