The new politics of the welfare state

Table of contents;
I: SOURCES OF PRESSURE ON THE CONTEMPORARY WELFARE STATE ;
Round Up the Usual Suspects! Globalization;
Domestic Politics, and Welfare State Change ;
The Dynamics of Welfare State Expansion: Trade Openness;
De-industrailization and Partisan Politics ;
Post-Industrial Pressure on Mature Welfare States ;
II: ADJUSTMENT DYNAMICS: ECONOMIC ACTORS AND SYSTEMS OF INTEREST INTERMEDIATION ;
Welfare States and production Regimes in an Era of Retrenchment ;
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 POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS ;
Political Institutions and Welfare State Restructuring ;
Political Institutions, Veto Points, and the Process of Welfare State Adaptation ;
IV: COMPARING POLICY DOMAINS ;
The Comparative Political Economy of Pension Reform ;
Who Pays for Health care Reform?
Labour Market Regimes Under Threat? Sources of Continuity in Germany, Britain, and Sweden ;
V. CONCLUSION ; Coping with Permanent Austerity: Welfare State Restructuring in Affluent Democracies