P. Starke 
Radical Welfare State Retrenchment [PDF ebook] 
A Comparative Analysis

PART 1: RETRENCHMENT REVISITED Introduction The Politics of Retrenchment PART 2: NEW ZEALAND: AN EXTREME CASE From the Post-War Settlement to the First Cutbacks Radical Retrenchment and Restructuring Retrenchment in New Zealand: Empirical Pattern, Causes, Consequences PART 3: RETRENCHMENT IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Putting an Extreme Case in Perspective: Retrenchment Across Countries Explaining the Cross-National Pattern Conclusion

PETER STARKE is a Senior Researcher at the Transformations of the State Collaborative Research Centre, University of Bremen, Germany. He has published on comparative welfare state change, including work on social policy convergence and the politics of welfare state retrenchment.