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1 Introduction 1
Crisis and the state 1
Social policy and crisis management: Research
questions and design 2
Crisis and change 5
The partisan politics of crisis management 7
Crises as critical junctures 8
Crises as transnational events 8
The argument in brief 10
The structure of the book 11
2 The Politics of Crisis Response 12
A focus on the welfare state and crisis management 12
Mapping crisis responses 15
Expansion or retrenchment? Explaining the direction
of change 20
Fundamental or incremental responses? Explaining
the quality of change 23
Research design and methods 26
3 How the Countries Compare 28
Political system 28
System of interest intermediation 37
Welfare state 45
4 The Oil Shocks of 1973 and 1979: Keynesianism and
Beyond 53
Global economic situation 53
International intellectual climate 55

The countries compared 60
Australia: Turbulent times for the welfare state 61
Belgium: The birth of welfare without work 67
The Netherlands: The long goodbye to Keynesianism 74
Sweden: Sticking to traditional solutions 84
Summary: Culmination of two shocks leading to change 88
5 Recession in the 1990s: The Resistible Rise of
Neoliberalism 92
Global economic situation 92
International intellectual climate 96
The countries compared 99
Australia: A bold reaction 99
Belgium: (Almost) a non-reaction 104
The Netherlands: A crisis of inactivity 108
Sweden: Benefit cutbacks but retaining the commitment? 114
Summary: Developments in different directions 120
6 Managing the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and Its
Aftermath: The Role of Social Policy 124
Global economic situation 124
International intellectual climate 127
The countries compared 133
An Australian miracle? 136
Belgium: Steering a ship without captain 141
The Netherlands: Retrenchment in action 149
Sweden: Successful crisis routines 160
Summary: A temporary revival of the
welfare state? 169
7 Conclusion 173
The welfare state as crisis manager: Diverse
responses to similar problems 173
The conditional impact of partisan
ideology 176
Crises as critical junctures? The importance
of crisis routines 180
Are large countries different? 185
Implications for the study of public policy 187
Preparing for the next crisis: Welfare state
resilience revisited 188


Contents

The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Response

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