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.

Includes 20 selections, reflecting the thinking and research in welfare state studies, these readings are organized around a series of debates - on welfare regi

Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative socia