The Welfare State as Crisis Manager

1. Introduction
Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch, Franca Hooren

2. The Politics of Crisis Response
Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch, Franca Hooren

3. How the Countries Compare
Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch, Franca Hooren

4. The Oil Shocks of 1973 and 1979: Keynesianism and Beyond
Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch, Franca Hooren

5. Recession in the 1990s: The Resistible Rise of Neoliberalism
Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch, Franca Hooren

6. Managing the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and Its Aftermath: The Role of Social Policy
Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch, Franca Hooren

7. Conclusion
Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch, Franca Hooren

Keywords: Social Sciences, Politics of the Welfare State, Public Economics, Comparative Politics, Social Policy, Social Care, Political Science