Currently, the governments of many countries are facing with a lack of funds for financing
programs for social protection of population. Among the causes of this problem, we can …

This chapter offers an entrée to and reflection on the comparative policy process research.
We cover the fundamental challenges of theoretical and empirical extensions of policy …

Prior research shows that the effect of partisanship on social expenditure declined over time
in Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries. In this …

The starting point of this study is the seemingly striking similarity in the number of youth‐
oriented labour market policies adopted by the Nordic and the Baltic EU member states in …

Purpose Since regaining its independence, the Estonian government has followed policies
of fiscal consolidation when responding to economic crises. Its response to the COVID-19 …

The debate on effects of globalisation on welfare states is extensive. Often couched in terms
of a battle between the compensation and the efficiency theses, the scholarly literature has …

This article explores whether immigration plays a role in determining national welfare state
effort in 16 European countries. It examines the relationship between stocks of migrants, the …

This article starts by presenting a discussion of how Marshall and contemporary researchers
have defined the social rights of citizenship. It also summarizes the existing measures of …

This paper investigates policy responses to the Great Recession in Sweden, the United
Kingdom and Germany. Faced with the global financial crisis in 2007, responses in the …

Social policy responses to the recent economic crisis have varied considerably across
advanced capitalist countries. This study aims to explain this cross-national diversity through …