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This document discusses the politics of welfare state restructuring in affluent democracies facing permanent austerity. It makes three key points: 1) Welfare states face intense pressure to cut costs due to factors like slowing economic growth and aging populations, but widespread public support for social programs makes large-scale retrenchment difficult. Electoral incentives and institutional "stickiness" protect the status quo. 2) Welfare state reform involves trade-offs across different policy dimens

Author

Pedro Dias

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EN