This paper surveys the debate regarding Esping-Andersen's typology of welfare states and
reviews the modified or alternative typologies ensuing from this debate. We confine …

This article reviews three important clusters of recent research on the comparative politics of
the welfare state. The three clusters focus on political economy, gender and social policy …

Les sociétés industrielles avancées sont confrontées à des pressions de plus en plus fortes
qui les poussent à réformer leur système de protection sociale, alors même que les …

El debate académico sobre la tipificación de grandes regímenes del bienestar ha
provocado una fértil producción de análisis y estudios de la (nueva) economía política y …

Consumption has become one of the leading topics across the social sciences and
vocational disciplines such as marketing and business studies. In this comprehensively …

Abstract Comparison is a common research method with outstanding merits and with
widespread application. The aim of this article is to discuss systematically some of the …

The responsibility for retirement income is increasingly shifted from the state to private
actors, in particular employers and employees. Many politicians, policy advisers, and …

One of the most significant achievements of the post-war era has been the reconciliation of
economic growth with varying degrees of social justice within Western European welfare …

The nature of welfare state regimes has been an ongoing debate within the comparative
social policy literature since the publication of Esping-Andersen's The Three Worlds of …

Comparing Welfare Capitalism pulls together traditions in post-war social science that have
often touched but never became systematically integrated. The first and perhaps most …