Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, o

Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in Western societies. The author here provides

This book traces how individuals fare over time in each of the three principal types of welfare state.

'Globalization', institutions and welfare regimes -- The challenge of globalization -- Globalization and welfare regime change -- Towards workfare? : changing l

Applying the new economics of organisation and relational theories of the firm to the problem of understanding cross-national variation in the political economy