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Making Work Pay in Mature Welfare States: The Politics of In-Work Benefits in France and the United Kingdom

Making Work Pay in Mature Welfare States: The Politics of In-Work Benefits in France and the United Kingdom

Robertson, Ewan

Hardcover

Series: Work and Welfare in Europe

General Political ScienceGeneral SociologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 3032114721
ISBN13: 9783032114723
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book provides a fresh narrative of policy reforms to support low-income workers in France and the United Kingdom in recent decades. It tackles the puzzle of why two institutionally-distinct welfare states came to make use of similar instruments - including subsidising wages via in-work benefits - to 'make work pay' and reduce in-work poverty. Drawing on primary interviews and documents, the account argues that governmental decisions were decisively influenced by prevailing ideas among political and policy elites, rather than the concrete demands of voters and interest groups. It also charts how wider developments in each state's social security and labour market system led to a process of partial welfare state convergence. The findings contribute to contemporary debates regarding welfare state politics, ideational power, and democratic representation. The volume will be of interest students and researchers in the fields of social and public policy, political science, political economy, sociology, and cognate disciplines.

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