The Growth of Public Welfare Provision: Does Politics Matter?

Barbara Roweth, Frank Gould and Desmond S. King

British Journal of Political Science, 1980, vol. 10, issue 4, 525-530

Abstract: In their article – ‘Public Welfare Provision, Scandinavia, and the Sheer Futility of the Sociological Approach to Polities’ – Castles and McKinlay claim to have demonstrated thattwo factors contribute to and explain the particularly high levels of public welfare provision in Scandinavian countries [compared to other advanced, industrial democratic states]. The absence of a large right-wing party establishes the initial necessary condition that removes the primary barrier to the development of welfare provision. The historic strength and unity of the working-class movement, reflected in the dominance of social democracy, is the factor which is then responsible for the development of public welfare to its current high level.

Date: 1980
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