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Social policy and distributional conflict in the capitalist democracies. A preliminary comparative framework

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ID6405577
AuthorsWalter Korpi (Swedish Institute, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume3
Issue3
Pages296-316
Publication date1980-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402388008424288
OpenAlexW2052388618
LanguageEN
Citations received167
References cited19

The purpose of this paper is to take preliminary steps towards the development of a theoretical framework for the comparison of social policies in the industrialized nations, which combine a capitalistic economic system with political democracy. It is a part of a larger research project attempting to compare social policies in these countries against the background of the structure, organisation and relative power of their main classes and the role of shifting distributions of power between classes for the patterns and forms of class conflict in these societies

Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social conflict · Social democracy · Economic Theory and Policy · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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