Introduction: Conservatives and the Welfare State Part I. Analytical Foundations: 1. The logic of retrenchment 2. The context for retrenchment politics Part II. The Politics of Programmatic Retrenchment: 3. Retrenchment in a core sector: old age pensions 4. Retrenchment in a vulnerable sector: housing 5. Retrenchment in a residualized sector: income support Part III. The Embattled Welfare State: 6. Reagan, Thatcher and the welfare state 7. Social policy in an era of austerity.
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