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Jonas Pontusson, Inequality and Prosperity: Social Europe vs Liberal America.

Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Jonas Pontusson, Inequality and Prosperity: Social Europe vs Liberal America.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Jonas Pontusson, Inequality and Prosperity: Social Europe vs Liberal America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006. $19.95. papercover.

This book is a significant and welcome addition to comparative public policy. Pontusson addresses two main policy literatures--the arguments put forward by conservatives that accuse large scale social policy of undermining economic performance, and the comparative literature on classifying welfare states. His basic argument is that if the conservatives are correct, then there should be both unambiguous evidence over the past 30 years that states with more conservative welfare regimes perform better than their more generous and liberal peers, and that differences in approaches to social and economic policy are the underlying cause.

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