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Politics of Segmentation: Party Competition and Social Protection in Europe
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In this paper, the authors compare Italy and Germany in terms of policy segmentation across countries and time and compare the impact of party competition and social protection on the performance of welfare states.Abstract:
Introduction 1. Party Competition and Social Protection 2. Comparing Italy and Germany Part 1: Policy Segmentation Across Countries and Time 3. Segmentation of Unemployment Benefits in Advanced Welfare States Today 4. Italy and Germany: Policy Divergence after World War II 5. Italy and Germany: Changing Trends during Welfare State Restructuring Part 2: The Impact of Party Competition 6. Explaining Labour Market Reforms in Italy and Germany 7. Italy and Germany: Political Driving Forces behind Different Post-War Paths 8. Germany: Two Political Logics of Segmenting Reforms 9. Italy: Party System Change Facilitating De-Segmentation 10. Party Competition and Benefit Segmentation Across Advanced Welfare States 11. Conclusions and Future Researchread more
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