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Labour and Citizenship: The Development of Welfare State Regimes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Paul Boreham ,
Richard Hall  and
Martin Leet
Paul Boreham
Affiliation:
Government Department, University of Queensland
Richard Hall
Affiliation:
Government Department, University of Queensland
Martin Leet
Affiliation:
Government Department, University of Queensland
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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the political determinants of the significantly different rates of welfare expenditure which characterise advanced capitalist countries. The research concentrates on the connections between the organization and mobilization of a key political actor pursing social wage benefits – the labour movement – and different levels across nations of welfare provision, including expenditure on health, social security consumption expenditure and social security transfers. The paper uses disaggregated, pooled time series data on welfare provision in 15 OECD countries, 1974–1988, to test the association between more comprehensive welfare state regimes and state structures that facilitate the intervention of organized labour movements in the policy process.

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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , May 1996 , pp. 203 - 227
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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