Putting Federalism in Its Place The Territorial Politics of Social Policy Revisited

Putting Federalism in Its Place The Territorial Politics of Social Policy Revisited

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What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about policy design as well as in discussions about the right political institutions for a country. It has frustrated many, with federalism seeming to matter in all sorts of combinations with all sorts of issues, fr...

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Main Author: Greer, Scott L. (auth)
Other Authors: Béland, Daniel (auth), Lecours, Andre (auth), Dubin, Kenneth (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Michigan Press 2023
Subjects:
Politics & government
Central government policies
Social welfare & social services
Federalism, federal, territorial politics, regionalism, nationalism, identities, public policy, policy studies, comparative policy analysis, social policy, welfare state, institutionalism, institutions, configurational analysis, politics, comparative politics, Belgium, Canada, Spain, United States
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Summary:What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about policy design as well as in discussions about the right political institutions for a country. It has frustrated many, with federalism seeming to matter in all sorts of combinations with all sorts of issues, from nationalism to racism to intergovernmental competition. The diffuse federalism literature has not come to compelling answers for very basic questions. Scott L. Greer, Daniel Béland, André Lecours, and Kenneth A. Dubin argue for a new approach-one methodologically focused on configurations of variables within cases rather than a fruitless attempt to isolate "the" effect of federalism; and one that is substantively engaged with identifying key elements in configurations as well as with when and how their interactions matter. Born out of their work on a multi-year, eleven-country project (published as Federalism and Social Policy: Patterns of Redistribution in Eleven Countries, University of Michigan Press, 2019), this book comprises a methodological and substantive agenda. Methodologically, the authors shift to studies that embraced and understood the complexity within which federal political institutions operate. Substantively, they make an argument for the importance of plurinationalism, changing economic interests, and institutional legacies.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (253 p.)
ISBN:mpub.12237580
9780472075546
9780472055548
Access:Open Access

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