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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 offers a careful examination of the politics of social policy in an ... This book offers a careful examination of the politics of social policy in an era of austerity and conservative governance. Focusing on the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher Paul Pierson provides a compelling explanation for the... 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
  • This book provides an extensive and comparative account of all welfare reforms... This book provides an extensive and comparative account of all welfare reforms that occurred during the last three decades in Continental European countries. It reveals unexpected important structural reforms to be understood as the culmination of a... more
  • Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? C... Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose... more
  • Many governments face similar pressures surrounding the hotly debated topic of... Many governments face similar pressures surrounding the hotly debated topic of immigration. Yet the disparate ways in which policy makers respond is striking. The Comparative Politics of Immigration explains why democratic governments adopt the... more
  • Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? C... Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose... more
  • Many governments face similar pressures surrounding the hotly debated topic of... Many governments face similar pressures surrounding the hotly debated topic of immigration. Yet the disparate ways in which policy makers respond is striking. The Comparative Politics of Immigration explains why democratic governments adopt the... more
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