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What was the impact of the Second World War on the development of the welfare state? Did Attlee’s pioneering post-war Labour governments create the welfare st

The welfare state has been under attack for decades, but now more than ever there is a need for strong social protection systems—the best tools we have to com

First published in 1991, Beyond the Welfare State? has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition, which draws on the latest theoretical developme

This innovative history of welfare economics challenges the view that welfare economics can be discussed without taking ethical values into account. Whatever th

Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, o