Table of Contents

I. Sources of Pressure on the Contemporary Welfare State
Herman Schwartz: Round Up the Usual Suspects! Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Welfare State Change
Torben Iversen: The Dynamics of Welfare State Expansion: Trade Openness, De-industrailization and Partisan Politics
Pierson: Post-Industrial Pressure on Mature Welfare States
II: Adjustment Dynamics: Economic Actors and Systems of interest Intermediation
Evelyne Huber and John Stephens: Welfare States and production Regimes in an Era of Retrenchment
Pilip Manow: Comparative Institutional Advantages of Welfare State regimes and New Coalitions in Welfare State Reforms
The Political Economy of Social Pacts: 'Competitive Corporatism' and European Welfare Reforms
III: Adjustment Dynamics: Parties, Elections, and PoliticalInstitutions
Duane Swank: Political Institutions and Welfare State Restructuring
Giuliano Boboli: Political Institutions, Veto Points, and the Process of Welfare State Adaptation
IV: Comparing Policy Domains
John Myers and Paul Pierson: The Comparative Political Economy of Pension Reform
Susan Giamo: Who Pays for Health care Reform?
Stewart Wood: Labour Market Regimes Under Threat? Sources of Continuity in Germany, Britain, and Sweden
V. Conclusion
Paul Pierson: Coping with Permanent Austerity: Welfare State Restructuring in Affluent Democracies

Reviews

It is hard to exaggerate the theoretical contributions that The New Politics of the Welfare State makes. Numerous insights for future research agendas can be discerned in the volume ... an inspiring comparative book. Japanese Journal of Political Science There is no doubt that The New Politics of the Welfare State, edited by Paul Pierson, is on the top of the reading list for students of comparative politics and welfare states. The authors clearly demonstrate the impacts of post-industrialization, aging populations, and globalization on welfare reforms under various political settings and different policy legacies. They also successfully define pressing research agendas for further investigations. Japanese Journal of Political Science There is much in this collection to admire. The quality of the individual pieces is evident, and there are useful insights on issues like deindustrialisation, decommodification, and the adaptation of economic production to different institutional contexts ... a worthwhile acquisition for a library. Social Policy