This book is explicitly comparative, and comparison is essential to the analyses it develops.
The book is explicitly concerned with the liberal democracies of western Europe. The …

How does the structure of social policy institutions shape the level of public support for the
welfare state? The policy feedback literature predicts that highly inclusive welfare institutions …

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SENIOR CITIZENSHIP? Retirement, migration and welfare in the European Union Louise …

Typologies have been central to the comparative turn in public policy and this paper
contributes to the debate by assessing the capacity of typologies of health systems to …

Classification is integral to comparison. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the nature,
purpose and limits of classification in comparative health policy. We begin by describing the …

The professional terms for occupations that provide welfare services are changing, and here
the introduction of new public management in the Nordic countries since the 1990s is …

Occupational welfare is becoming increasingly important in Europe. This book presents data
on occupational welfare and its development, and questions not only the traditional …

Researchers interested in the political consequences of the welfare state argue that cross-
country variations in the design of social policy institutions produce distinct patterns of public …

Cross-national comparison is an important tool for health care research, but too often those
who use this method fail to consider important inter-national differences in the social …

This chapter seeks to place Finnish social care provision in its social, cultural and political
contexts. There are particular factors in Finland's twentieth century historical and cultural …