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

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

Throughout the world welfare systems have been experiencing a period of unprecedented change. Understanding these changes is difficult, not only because of thei

Three Worlds of Relief examines the role of race and immigration in the development of the American social welfare system by comparing how blacks, Mexicans, and

Kees van Kersbergen and Barbara Vis explain the political opportunities and constraints of welfare state reform in advanced democracies.