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  • A core principle of the welfare state is that everyone pays taxes or contribut... A core principle of the welfare state is that everyone pays taxes or contributions in exchange for universal insurance against social risks such as sickness old age unemployment and plain bad luck. This solidarity principle assumes that everyone is... more
  • A core principle of the welfare state is that everyone pays taxes or contribut... A core principle of the welfare state is that everyone pays taxes or contributions in exchange for universal insurance against social risks such as sickness old age unemployment and plain bad luck. This solidarity principle assumes that everyone is... more
  • Comparative research is exploding with new methodological and theoretical appr... Comparative research is exploding with new methodological and theoretical approaches. In this book scholars who are expert in each one of these methods provide the first comprehensive explanation and application of time-series pooled event history... more
  • Comparative research is exploding with new methodological and theoretical appr... Comparative research is exploding with new methodological and theoretical approaches. In this book scholars who are expert in each one of these methods provide the first comprehensive explanation and application of time-series pooled event history... more
  • Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provis... Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people particularly in developing countries continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and... more
  • Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provis... Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people particularly in developing countries continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and... more
  • Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provis... Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people particularly in developing countries continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and... more
  • Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provis... Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people particularly in developing countries continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and... more
  • Political economists have viewed large public expenditures as a product of lef... Political economists have viewed large public expenditures as a product of leftist government and the expression of a stronger representation of labor interest. The formation of governments funding bases is a topic that has not been thoroughly... more
  • When and why have employers supported the development of institutions of socia... When and why have employers supported the development of institutions of social insurance that provide benefits to workers for various employment-related risks? What factors explain the variation in the social policy preferences of employers? This... more
  • This book asks why some countries devote the lion s share of their social poli... This book asks why some countries devote the lion s share of their social policy resources to the elderly while others have a more balanced repertoire of social spending. Far from being the outcome of demands for welfare spending by powerful... more
  • The transformation of night-watchman states into welfare states is one of the ... The transformation of night-watchman states into welfare states is one of the most notable societal developments in recent history. In 1880 not a single country had a nationally compulsory social policy program. A few decades later every single one... more
  • Over the past three decades market reforms have transformed public services su... Over the past three decades market reforms have transformed public services such as education health and care of the elderly. Whereas previous studies present markets as having similar and largely non-political effects this book shows that political... more
  • Political economists have viewed large public expenditures as a product of lef... Political economists have viewed large public expenditures as a product of leftist government and the expression of a stronger representation of labor interest. The formation of governments funding bases is a topic that has not been thoroughly... more
  • This book challenges existing theories of welfare state change by analyzing pe... This book challenges existing theories of welfare state change by analyzing pension reforms in France Germany and Switzerland between 1970 and 2004. It explains why all three countries were able to adopt far-reaching reforms adapting their pension... more
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