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As taxation rates rose to cover the increased demand for public services and to cover the decline in revenue as growth faltered, the political consensus around taxation began to crumble. Social solidarity and community initiatives, which after the Second World War helped create the hope for a better society bringing people together, faltered as living standards rose and poverty decreased. As individuals, people felt that taxation was too high, whereas as a community they had perceived the benefits.
E. the 'underdeveloped' welfare states or the comparatively high levels of poverty. Democratic consolidation may have been achieved, but modernization is far from complete. The degree to which each party fits into the idealized models varies. However, the models do provide a more accurate reflection of the Diversity and Change in Models of Social Democracy 31 versions of social democracy that operated in Western Europe from the Second World War until the late 1970s/early 1980s when they began to give way to neoliberalism.
Vandenbroucke (1998) provides an important link between the social democratic agenda and globalization claiming that the latter constrains the pursuit of a set of objectives termed 'egalitarian employment policies'. He provides a full exposition of the work of authors in the area 29 and concludes that governments can still follow domestic strategies in successful egalitarian employment policies. 3o Vandenbroucke's exposition of the globalization thesis gives weight to the continued ability of national governments to pursue domestic agendas.
