Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies [Paperback]

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