Revisions of papers presented at a workshop held Mar. 2006 in Delmenhorst, Germany.
Introduction / Francis G. Castles
Testing the retrenchment hypothesis : an aggregate overview / Francis G. Castles
Data on the functions of government : where are we now? / Neil Fraser and Paul Norris
The changing cost of government : trends in the state overhead budget / Richard Parry
Sinking budgets and ballooning prices : recent developments connected to military spending / Thomas R. Cusack
Expenditure on public order and safety / Paul Norris
Testing the retrenchment hypothesis : educational spending, 1960-2002 / Manfred G. Schmidt
The real race to the bottom : what happened to economic affairs expenditure after 1980? / Herbert Obinger and Reimut Zohlnhöfer
A mortgage on the future? : public debt expenditure and its determinants, 1980-2001 / Uwe Wagschal
Moving beyond expenditure accounts : the changing contours of the regulatory state, 1980-2003 / Nico A. Siegel.
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The disappearing state? : retrenchment realities in an age of globalisation. ISBN 9781847209863. Published by Edward Elgar in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
