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OverviewWhy do some countries construct strong systems of social protection, while others leave workers exposed to market forces? In the past three decades, scholars have developed an extensive literature theorizing how hegemonic social democratic parties working in tandem with a closely-allied trade union movement constructed models of welfare capitalism. Indeed, among the most robust findings of the comparative political economy literature is the claim that the more political resources controlled by the left, the more likely a country is to have a generous, universal system of social protection. The Left Divided takes as its starting point the curious fact that, despite this conventional wisdom, very little of the world actually approximates the conditions identified by mainstream scholarship for creating universal, generous welfare states. In most countries outside of northern Europe, divisions within the left-within the labor movement, among left parties, as well as between left parties and a divided union movement-are a defining feature of politics. The Left Divided, in contrast, focuses on the far more common and deeply consequential situation where intra-left divisions shape the development of social protection. Arguing that the strength and position taken by the far left is an important and overlooked determinant of social protection outcomes, the book presents a framework for distinguishing between different types of left movements, and analyzes how the distribution of resources within the left shapes party strategies for expanding social protection in theoretically unanticipated ways. To demonstrate the counterintuitive effects of having the far-left control significant political resources, Watson combines in-depth case studies of Iberia with cross-national analysis of OECD countries and qualitative comparative analyses of other divided lefts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sara Watson (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 16.00cm Weight: 0.664kg ISBN: 9780190245467ISBN 10: 0190245468 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 08 October 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter 1. Liberal versus Protective Models of Welfare Capitalism 13 Chapter 2: The Left Divided 54 Chapter 3. Democratic Transitions and the Transformation of the Portuguese and Spanish Lefts 79 Chapter 4. Reversal of Fortune: The Politics of Labor Incorporation 133 Chapter 5. The Evolution of Labor Market Protections: Intra-Left Competition and Political Exchange 199 Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Change in Iberia's Divided Left 252 Chapter 7. The Left Divided and Divergent Solutions to the 'Agrarian Social Question' 316 Chapter 8. Extending the Argument 365 Chapter 9. Broader Lessons of the Left Divided 411ReviewsAuthor InformationAssistant Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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