Why welfare states persist : the importance of public opinion in democracies / Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza.

Author/creator Brooks, Clem
Other author Manza, Jeff.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Descriptionxii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesStudies in communication, media, and public opinion
Studies in communication, media, and public opinion. ^A396540
Contents Introduction : the welfare state, mass opinion, and embedded preferences -- Reaching for mass opinion -- Do policy preferences explain welfare state differences? -- Retrenchment, restructuring, persistence -- The question of convergence -- Where do welfare state preferences come from? -- The patterning of social policy responsiveness -- Embedded preferences and welfare state trajectories -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-187) and index.
LCCN 2006030427
ISBN9780226075839 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226075834 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226075846 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226075842 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JC479.B76 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold