... 9780521857420 , $ 70.00 ; ISBN 9780521674119 pbk , $ 27.99 Mares ( Stanford Univ . ) argues that the growth of the welfare state and the taxes it requires have made it more difficult to conduct the kinds of eco- nomic bargaining that ...

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In an in-depth comparative analysis, Stefano Bartolini studies the history of socialism and working-class politics in Western Europe.

Based on analysis of the economic policies of all OECD countries since the 1960s and in-depth examination of Britain and Spain in the 1980s, this book offers a new understanding of how contemporary democracies work.

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