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The previous chapters developed the argument that in both France and the UK governmental decisions towards in-work benefits and ‘making work pay’ policies were primarily driven by the shared cognitive frameworks of decisionmakers and associated policy elites. This concluding chapter summarises wider insights from this work. It reprises the book’s main argument and abstracts the findings to speculate on the more general properties of the politics of IWB and MWP policies. Secondly, it proposes theoretical implications regarding our conceptualisation of the role of ideas and the nature of political representation in welfare state reform. A final section considers insights for the study and practice of public policy.

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Conclusion: The Ideationally Driven Politics of ‘Making Work Pay’ and Implications for Welfare State Analysis

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    2026年

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  • Ewan Robertson

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The previous chapters developed the argument that in both France and the UK governmental decisions towards in-work benefits and ‘making work pay’ policies were primarily driven by the shared cognitive frameworks of decisionmakers and associated policy elites. This concluding chapter summarises wider insights from this work. It reprises the book’s main argument and abstracts the findings to speculate on the more general properties of the politics of IWB and MWP policies. Secondly, it proposes theoretical implications regarding our conceptualisation of the role of ideas and the nature of political representation in welfare state reform. A final section considers insights for the study and practice of public policy.