Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.

Machine generated contents note: List of Figures and Tables vi -- Notes on the Contributors vii -- Preface ix -- 1 The Politics of Welfare in Europe -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 1 -- 2 Earning Welfare Citizenship: Welfare State Reform -- in Finland and Sweden -- Virpi Timonen 29 -- 3 Reshaping the Social Policy-Making Framework in France -- Bruno Palier 52 -- 4 Stumbling towards Reform: The German Welfare State -- in the 1990s -- Frank Blnker and Hellmut Wollmann 75 -- 5 Spain, a Via Media of Welfare Development -- Luis Moreno 100 -- 6 Switzerland: Stubborn Institutions in a Changing Society -- Giuliano Bonoli 123 -- 7 Welfare Reform in the UK: the Construction of a Liberal -- Consensus -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 147 -- 8 Polity, Policy-Making and Welfare Futures -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 171 -- Bibliography 189 -- Index 204.

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