Welfare state retrenchment is widely seen as a highly unpopular endeavour and, therefore,
as politically difficult to pursue. This assumption has underpinned most of the political …

This article reviews three important clusters of recent research on the comparative politics of
the welfare state. The three clusters focus on political economy, gender and social policy …

In late summer 2015, Sweden embarked on one of the largest self-described humanitarian
efforts in its history, opening its borders to 163,000 asylum seekers fleeing the war in Syria …

The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of
politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public …

This book analyses and compares responses by European countries to international
migration in its various forms and examines collective responses at European Union (EU) …

Les sociétés industrielles avancées sont confrontées à des pressions de plus en plus fortes
qui les poussent à réformer leur système de protection sociale, alors même que les …

The future is contested. What are the implications of the different social models that might
come into being? What is progress? Is it being richer, living longer, reduced inequality, or …

Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some
more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these …

The world's richer democracies all provide such public benefits as pensions and health care,
but why are some far more generous than others? And why, in the face of globalization and …

During the 1990s, the Swedish welfare state was declared by some to be in a “crisis”, due to
both financial strain and loss of political support. Others have argued that the spending cuts …