Changing Welfare States is is a major new examination of the wave of social reform that has
swept across Europe over the past two decades. In a comparative fashion, it analyses reform …

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 …

9.1 A framework for institutional analysis 118 10.1 Flow diagram of the advocacy coalition
framework 128 11.1 Incremental and punctuated policy change distributions 148 14.1 …

One of the fundamental challenges facing modern welfare states is the question of work-
family reconciliation. An increasing share of mothers work, but many European welfare …

Social pacts–policy agreements between governments, labor unions and sometimes
employer organizations–began to emerge in many countries in the 1980s. The most …

Scholars of comparative public policy are interested in systematically studying public
policies and their origins in order to gain a better understanding of the causes, factors and …

Trade unions played a substantial role in the 'old politics' of expanding pension systems in
Europe; they are still active in the 'new politics' of pension reforms. Given the electoral …

Since the end of the 'golden age'of the welfare state, in Italy as in most European countries
the reform of social protection has progressively emerged as one of the key issues in …

This book explores the adoption of'active ageing'policies by EU15 nations and the impact on
older peoples' work and retirement policy options. Policies examined include unemployment …

6 Danksagung fachliche und private Diskussionen. Vor allem meiner Bürokollegin Mareike
verdanke ich zahlreiche intensive Gespräche über fachlich-inhaltliche, tagespolitische und …