Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Acknowledgments 5
3. Contents 9
4. List of abbreviations 11
5. 1. Introduction 13
6. 2. From theories of expansion to theories of retrenchment 19
7. 3. A framework for government choice on retrenchment 31
8. 4. Research strategy and research design 43
9. 5. Retrenchments in Denmark and the Netherlands 65
10. 6. Dutch Politics and welfare-state retrenchment. How party competition produced consensus 93
11. 7. Danish politics and welfare-state retrenchment: The difficulties of a right-wing government and the possibilities of a left-wing government 111
12. 8. The evidence on balance and some quibbles 131
13. 9. Party politics matter – summary and implications 143
14. Appendix 153
15. Summary 159
16. Notes 165
17. References 175
18. Index 197