This paper surveys the debate regarding Esping-Andersen's typology of welfare states and
reviews the modified or alternative typologies ensuing from this debate. We confine …

With growing levels of Euroscepticism across EU member states, grasping the roots of
opposition to European integration has become more important than ever. This book charts …

Over two decades ago, Korpi and Palme (1998) published one of the most influential papers
in the history of social policy discipline, in which they put forward a “paradox of …

Welfare state support has two core dimensions: attitudes about what the welfare state should
do and beliefs about its actual performance. People can combine any position on one …

In this article we analyse the relationship between the institutional set-up of healthcare
systems and patterns of public support. Two dimensions are distinguished, namely, state …

This article examines EU citizen attitudes to Turkey's bid to join the EU. The key theoretical
constructs investigated to explain opposition to Turkey's EU membership are related to …

We set out to describe and explain differences in the amount of some dimensions of social
capital within and between European societies. Social capital refers to a wide range of …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of social trust on the willingness to pay
more taxes to improve public healthcare in post-communist countries. The well-documented …

This paper provides an empirical study of the between-individual and between-country
differences in the popular legitimacy of European healthcare systems. In order to explain two …

Lifestyle-induced diseases are becoming a burden on healthcare, actualizing the discussion
on health responsibilities. Using data from the National Association for Heart and Lung …