This book breaks new intellectual ground in the analysis of the German welfare state. Bleses and Seeleib-Kaiser argue that we are witnessing a dual transformati

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How has New Public Management influenced social policy reform in different developed welfare states? New managerialism is conceptualized as a paradigm, which no

Using an analytical framework based on Foucault's concept of governmentality and through unique case-studies, this volume explores the ongoing transformations t

At a time when the future of the welfare state is the object of heated debate in many European countries, this edited collection explores the relationship betwe