Gosta Esping-Andersen, Europe's leading analyst of the welfare state, presents a provocative examination of postindustrial economies at the end of the twentieth century. This book takes a second look at the driving forces of economic transformation in a more sociological and institutional way. As a result, what stands out is postindustrial diversity, not convergence.
1. Introduction PART ONE: Varieties of Welfare Capitalism 2. The Democratic Class Struggle Revisited 3. Social Risks and Wefare States 4. The Household Economy 5. Comparative Welfare Regimes Re-examined PART TWO: The New Political Economy 6. The Structural Bases of Postindustrial Employment 7. Managing Divergent Employment Dilemmas PART THREE: Welfare Capitalism Recast? 8. New Social Risks in Old Welfare States 9. Recasting Wefare Regimes for a Postindustrial Era Bibliography
Gosta Esping-Andersenis Professor of Comparative Social Systems at the University of Trento, Italy