02046nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112020003600129020003900165020003500204020003800239040002100277035002100298050002300319082001700342090001700359100002600376245013600402260005200538300003400590490005600624504005100680505042800731533015201159650004301311655003401354700002501388710002201413830006501435856013101500999001701631ebr10271865CaPaEBR20260707175856.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||060913s2007    ilua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2006030427  z0226075834 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780226075839 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0226075842 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z9780226075846 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)64679095514aJC479b.B76 2007eb04a320.51/3222  c99487d793641 aBrooks, Clem.913751610aWhy welfare states persisth[electronic resource] :bthe importance of public opinion in democracies /cClem Brooks and Jeff Manza.  aChicago :bUniversity of Chicago Press,cc2007.  axii, 195 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.1 aStudies in communication, media, and public opinion  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction : 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aWelfare statexPublic opinion.9116779 7aElectronic books.2local91901 aManza, Jeff.91375172 aebrary, Inc.9191 0aStudies in communication, media, and public opinion.913751840uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10271865zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c99487d79364