2017
DOI: 10.1017/s0007123416000454
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The Retreat of the Interventionist State in Advanced Democracies

Abstract: Why have advanced democracies experienced a retreat of the interventionist state since 1980? This article provides evidence that in all relevant policy indicators (spending, subsidies, state-owned enterprises, regulation, capital taxation) government intervention has been scaled back across the OECD. An overview of the results of 130 quantitative studies analysing at least one of these indicators is provided. Focusing on five main explanatory variables – globalization, Europeanization, learning and emulation, … Show more

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“…The partisan theories have been translated to many economic policy fields, the core hypothesis to be investigated being that left-wing governments increase the size and scope of government which includes income redistribution from high-income to low-income citizens (for surveys, see Schmidt 1996;Potrafke 2017Potrafke , 2018Zohlnhöfer, Engler, and Dümig 2018). Governments have manifold measures at hand to redistribute income from high-income to low-income citizens.…”
Section: Background and Hypothesis Government Ideology And Income Andmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The partisan theories have been translated to many economic policy fields, the core hypothesis to be investigated being that left-wing governments increase the size and scope of government which includes income redistribution from high-income to low-income citizens (for surveys, see Schmidt 1996;Potrafke 2017Potrafke , 2018Zohlnhöfer, Engler, and Dümig 2018). Governments have manifold measures at hand to redistribute income from high-income to low-income citizens.…”
Section: Background and Hypothesis Government Ideology And Income Andmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The potential to substantially lower provider payment rates under a Medicare-for-All approach would be heavily influenced by political processes. The United States has long been an outlier among advanced democracies concerning government having less authority to intervene in the economy ( Zohlnhofer et al, 2017 ). This likely reflects cultural differences in support for collective initiatives and attitudes toward the role of individuals.…”
Section: Lower Health Care Pricesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ob dies allerdings zu einer allgemeinen Entstaatlichung der Sozialpolitik (in einem konvergenten Prozess) führen wird, ist bislang empirisch nicht beantwortet. Allerdings drängt sich nach ersten Befunden die These auf, dass dieser Trend zu einer voranschreitenden Entstaatlichung und einem Schwinden des interventionistischen Wohlfahrtsstaates führt (Zohlnhöfer et al 2017;vgl. Streeck 2013).…”
Section: Desiderate Und Herausforderungen Politikwissenschaftlicher Funclassified
“…Ist Sozialpolitik im Zeitalter "imnmerwährender Austerität" (Pierson 2001;Armingeon 2013) zwangsläufig auf eine Reduktion der Solidarität, auf Wohlfahrtschauvinismus oder letztlich Privatisierung ausgerichtet? Hat sich der inverventionistische Staat also endgültig zurückgezogen zugunsten unbegrenzter Marktprozesse mit all ihren Konsequenzen (Zohlnhöfer et al 2017)?…”
Section: Fazitunclassified