Download or read book The Welfare State as Crisis Manager written by P. Starke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions.