TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brooks,Clem
AU  - Manza,Jeff
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Why welfare states persist: the importance of public opinion in democracies 
T2  - Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
AV  - JC479 .B76 2007eb
U1  - 320.51/3 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the welfare state, mass opinion, and embedded preferences -- Reaching for mass opinion -- Do policy preferences explain welfare state differences? -- Retrenchment, restructuring, persistence -- The question of convergence -- Where do welfare state preferences come from? -- The patterning of social policy responsiveness -- Embedded preferences and welfare state trajectories -- Notes -- References -- Index; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10271865
ER  -