P. Starke & A. Kaasch 
The Welfare State as Crisis Manager 
Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis

This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions.

Table of Content

Introduction 1. The Politics of Crisis Response 2. How the Countries Compare 3. The Oil Shocks of 1973 and 1979: Keynesianism and Beyond 4. Recession in the 1990s: The Resistible Rise of Neoliberalism 5. Managing the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and its Aftermath: The Role of Social Policy Conclusion

About the author

Peter Starke is a Political Scientist at the University of Bremen, Germany. Recent publications include Radical Welfare State Retrenchment: A Comparative Analysis.

Alexandra Kaasch is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. Previously she held a post-doctoral research position at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Franca van Hooren is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Bremen, Germany. She obtained her Ph D from the European University Institute, Italy.