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

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 challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies. With approaches ranging from his

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

This Very Short Introduction discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, a