Politics of Risk-taking [electronic resource] : Welfare State Reform in Advanced Democracies

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서명/저자사항	Politics of Risk-taking [electronic resource]: Welfare State Reform in Advanced Democracies.
개인저자	Vis, Barbara.
발행사항	Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010.
형태사항	1 online resource (249 p.).
총서사항	Changing Welfare States
기타형태 저록	Print version: Vis, Barbara Politics of Risk-taking : Welfare State Reform in Advanced Democracies Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,2010 9789089642271
ISBN	9789048512362 9048512360
일반주기	Description based upon print version of record.
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-242) and index.
내용주기	Table of Contents; Tables and fi gures; Acknowledgements; 1. The puzzle and its pieces; 2. Fuzzy-set analysis; 3. Radical change or much ado about nothing?; 4. Which governments pursue reform and how much?; 5. What existing theories have to off er and why they fail; 6. Bringing in prospect theory; 7. Politics of risk-taking; 8. Risk-taking in welfare reform: Summary and implications; Appendices; Notes; References; Index;
요약	Based on insights from prospect theory, a psychological theory of choice under risk, Vis demonstrates ably that the context in which governments find themselves (losses or gains) affects their attitude towards risk and thereby the degree and type of refor.
일반주제명	Political Science. Welfare state. Public welfare. Risk-taking (Psychology)
분류기호(DDC)	350
언어	영어
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