This book breaks new intellectual ground in the analysis of the German welfare state. Bleses and Seeleib-Kaiser argue that we are witnessing a dual transformati

After discussing the traditional theories explaining welfare state change and continuity, it is argued that the dual transformation of the German welfare state

This edited volume provides new empirical evidence of far-reaching changes to welfare states globally, which have changed the boundaries of the 'public' and 'pr

This text offers an interpretation of recent German economic performance, asking why the relationship between organized labour and employers, on which the Germa

This book demonstrates that political exchange and coalition building have become the key ingredients for continental European pension reform.