Welfare State Futures (Paperback)

1. Welfare state futures: an introduction Stephan Leibfried and Herbert Obinger; 2. Towards a theory of the welfare state Franz-Xaver Kaufmann; 3. The dog that didn't bark: economic development and the post-war welfare state Francis G. Castles; 4. How do welfare states change? Institutions and their impact on the politics of welfare state reform in Western Europe Giuliano Bonoli and Bruno Palier; 5. Elephants on the move: patterns of public pension reform in OECD countries Karl Hinrichs; 6. The Nordic welfare state in a European context: dealing with new economic and ideological challenges in the 1990s Stein Kuhnle; 7. The viability of advanced welfare states in the international economy: vulnerabilities and options Fritz W. Scharpf; 8. Recasting European welfare states for the 21st century Maurizio Ferrera, Anton Hemerijck and Martin Rhodes.