The new politics of the welfare state / edited by Paul Pierson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-500) and index.

Introduction : investigating the welfare state at century's end / Paul Pierson -- Round up the usual suspects! Globalization, domestic politics, and welfare state change / Herman Schwartz -- The dynamics of welfare state expansion : trade openness, de-industrialization, and partisan politics / Torben Iversen -- Post-industrial pressures on the mature welfare states / Paul Pierson -- Welfare state and production regimes in the era of retrenchment / Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens -- Comparative institutional advantages of welfare state regimes and new coalitions in welfare state reforms / Philip Manow -- The political economy of social pacts : 'competitive corporatism' and European welfare reform / Martin Rhodes -- Political institutions and welfare state restructuring : the impact of institutions on social policy change in developed democracies / Duane Swank -- Political institutions, veto points, and the process of welfare state adaptation / Giuliano Bonoli -- Partisan competition and welfare state retrenchment : when do politicians choose unpopular policies? / Herbert Kitschelt -- The comparative political economy of pension reform / John Myles and Paul Pierson -- Who pays for health care reform? / Susan Giaimo -- Labour market regimes under threat? Sources of continuity in Germany, Britain, and Sweden / Stewart Wood -- Coping with permanent austerity : welfare state restructuring in affluent democracies / Paul Pierson.

The welfare states of the affluent democracies now stand at the centre of political discussion and social conflict. In this text, an international team of leading analysts reject simplistic claims about the impact of economic globalization.

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