Description
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The book takes a look at social expenditure in affluent democracies in times of fiscal austerity. The study analyzes expenditure changes in nine social policy areas between 1980 - 2010, from an intra-cabinet perspective by considering the partisan affiliation of responsible spending ministers and effects of budgeting reforms.
Thus, the analysis contributes to the question of whether parties or institutions matter.
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Sarah Sinram is a political scientist and has worked at the Universities of Göttingen and Hannover.
