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.
Why welfare states persist : the importance of public opinion in democracies by Clem Brooks. ISBN 9780226075846. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.