Skills and Inequality studies the political economy of education and training reforms from the
perspective of comparative welfare state research. Highlighting the striking similarities …

This paper describes the empirical evidence on partisan politics in OECD panel studies. I
elaborate on the research designs, the measurement of government ideology and why the …

Machine generated contents note: Introduction. The political opportunities and constraints of
welfare state reform; 1. The welfare state: dynamic development, crisis, resilience, and …

This paper examines whether government ideology has influenced the allocation of public
expenditures in OECD countries. I analyze two datasets that report different expenditure …

A fully revised fourth edition of a popular introduction to the comparative politics of Europe,
written by a highly respected authority on the subject. This lively and thematically organised …

In the past 15 to 20 years, considerable progress has been made in understanding how
politics and institutions shape poverty. Traditionally, studies of poverty, especially in the …

Will voters punish the government for cutting back welfare state entitlements? The
comparative literature on the welfare state suggests that the answer is yes. Unless …

Much literature has analysed parties' influence on public education spending. We challenge
this literature on theoretical, methodological and empirical grounds. It is standard to regress …

In 2005, twelve cartoons mocking the prophet Mohammed appeared in the Danish
newspaper Jyllands-Posten, igniting a political firestorm over demands by some Muslims …

There are competing theoretical expectations and conflicting empirical results concerning
the impact of partisanship on spending on active labour market policies (ALMPs). This paper …