Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Realignment of Welfare State Politics
  • 2. Crisis and the Politics of Social Spending
  • 3. The European Union
  • 4. Germany: Continental European Welfare State
  • 5. United Kingdom: Liberal Welfare State
  • 6. Sweden: Nordic Welfare State
  • 7. Spain: Southern European Welfare State
  • 8. -Czech Republic: Eastern European Welfare State
  • 9. Conclusion.