A discussion of the case study method which develops an integrative framework for causal
inference in small-n research. This framework is applied to research design tasks such as …

Bank bailouts in the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the onset of the Great
Recession brought into sharp relief the power that the global financial sector holds over …

The 2010 Coalition has set itself the challenge of combining an unprecedentedly rapid and
profound retrenchment with a fundamental restructuring of the public sector, both to be …

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Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis Peter Starke Alexandra …

The issue of policy dismantling is linked to one of the most central topics in the study of
public policy: the analysis of policy change. Under which conditions can we expect …

In 1998, Walter Korpi and Joakim Palme proposed a political and institutional explanation to
account for the greater redistributive success of welfare states that relied more on universal …

The book studies transformations of European universities in the context of globalization and
Europeanization, the questioning of the foundations of the «Golden Age» of the Keynesian …

While social welfare programs, often inspired by international organizations, are spreading
throughout the world, the more far-reaching notion of governmental responsibility for the …

Welfare reforms in post-communist countries are determined by economic and social
hardship, democratization of the political systems and rapid structural change. This …

Many in Europe today feel that we are hovering on the brink of chaos. We have managed
collectively to disrupt the fragile equilibrium of our ecosystem, in place since the dawn of …