The welfare state and liberal democracy: A political economy approach
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- Heise, Arne & Serfraz Khan, Ayesha, 2019. "The Welfare State and Liberal Democracy - A Political Economy Approach," MPRA Paper 99279, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Keywords
Welfare State; Keynesian National Welfare State; Schumpeterian Competition State; Elite; Agenda Theory;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B59 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Other
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
- P31 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HME-2019-01-14 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-HPE-2019-01-14 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-PKE-2019-01-14 (Post Keynesian Economics)
- NEP-POL-2019-01-14 (Positive Political Economics)
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