This book examines contemporary changes in labor market institutions in the United States,
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, focusing on developments in industrial …

This book analyses the historical development of job security regulations in Western Europe
from the establishment of freedom of contract in the 19th century until the heyday of two-tier …

Page 1 |ANSFORMATIONS OF THE STATE SERIES The Welfare State as Crisis Manager
Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis Peter Starke Alexandra …

E uropean labour markets are often described as rigid with comparatively high levels of job
protection that do not allow for the flexible adjustment of employment to economic …

New welfare has been prominent in recent European social policy debates. It involves
mobilising more people into paid work, improving human capital and ensuring fairer access …

Why do some European welfare states protect unemployed and inadequately employed
workers (" outsiders") from economic uncertainty better than others? Philip Rathgeb's study …

The idea that moments of crisis form opportunities for fundamental policy change is
widespread in political science and public policy. It is usually associated with historical …

We compare the effects of relatively liberal regulations on the use of temporary employment
in Sweden and more restrictive rules in Norway. We find not only that temporary work may …

Radical right parties are no longer political challengers on the fringes of party systems; they
have become part of the political mainstream across the Western world. This book shows …

This article explores the relationship between trade union governance roles in
unemployment benefit systems, their power resources and their capacity to counteract …