Government Ideology, Economic Pressure, and Risk Privatization: How Economic Worldviews Shape Social Policy Choices in Times of Crisis

Alexander Horn

doi:10.1017/9789048529384

From the 1980s on, a privatization of labor market-related risks has occurred in the OECD. Governments have cut the generosity of social programs and tightened eligibility rules, particularly for the unemployed. Government Ideology, Economic Pressure, and Risk Privatization: How Economic Worldviews Shape Social Policy Choices in Times of Crisis analyses these curtailments for eighteen countries over the course of four decades and provides an encompassing comparative assessment of the interactive impact of government ideology and economic pressure. It demonstrates that the economic worldviews of governments are the most important factor in explaining why cuts are implemented or not. While ideas of non-intervention in the market underlie cuts in generosity, ideas of equality and fairness are at the heart of stricter eligibility criteria. This book also shows that the impact of the economic pressures often held responsible for the marginalization of politics and government ideology is in fact conditional on the specific ideological configuration.

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How Economic Worldviews Shape Social Policy Choices in Times of Crisis

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-6

List of Figures and Tables
pp 7-8

Acknowledgements
pp 9-10

1 - Risk Privatization, Economic Crisis, and the Primacy of Politics
pp 11-30

2 - Much Ado about Nothing? Retrenchment versus Resilience
pp 31-58

3 - Theoretical and Analytical Framework: What We (Do Not) Know
pp 59-94

4 - Theoretical and Analytical Framework: Taking Ideology Seriously
pp 95-140

5 - The “End of Ideology?” Government Ideology over Time
pp 141-150

6 - The Ideological Complexion of Government and Retrenchment
pp 151-242

7 - Ideology Still Matters: Findings, Limitations, and Implications
pp 243-254

Annex
pp 255-264

References
pp 265-282

Index
pp 283-284

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