This review examines policy feedback effects among the mass public, with a focus on social
policies in the United States and Europe. It shows that existing policies feed back into the …

This article discusses recent research on party politics and the welfare state that differs from
traditional 'partisan politics theory'. The traditional approach states that left-wing and right …

It is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis,
weakened by globalization and undermined by global capitalism, in turn explaining rising …

The logics and ethics of neoliberal capitalism dominate public discourses and politics in the
early twenty-first century. They morally endorse and institutionalize forms of competitive self …

Previous studies have applied theories of European integration to interpret crisis-led
policymaking processes and integration outcomes in the EU. However, there has been little …

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 …

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 …

In Europe and throughout the world, competence in English is spreading at a speed never
achieved by any language in human history. This apparently irresistible growing dominance …

Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by
Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare …

Most studies of policy feedback have focused on processes of self‐reinforcement through
which programs bolster their own bases of political support and endure or expand over time …