This review examines the comparative, empirical literature that concerns the impact of social
democracy on welfare state development and on economic performance. The theoretical …

Christian democracy has been the most successful political movement in post-war Western
Europe yet its crucial impact on the development of the modern European welfare state has …

We examine the roles of democratic politics and political institutions in sha** social
welfare spending in 18 contemporary capitalist democracies. We explore the social …

This second edition of Politics and Society in Western Europe not only brings its coverage of
events up-to-date but also includes a number of major changes. First, the presentation has …

The paper attempts to determine whether parties of the left, when in government, spend
more than parties of the right. It first reviews the theoretical literature and concludes that …

This paper summarizes how the partisan influence literature assesses the relationship
between the left-right party composition of government and policy outputs through a meta …

This article examines the policy consequences of the number of parties in government. We
argue that parties externalize costs not borne by their support groups. Larger parties thus …

El debate académico sobre la tipificación de grandes regímenes del bienestar ha
provocado una fértil producción de análisis y estudios de la (nueva) economía política y …

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Wohlfahrtsstaaten im Vergleich Soziale Sicherung in Europa: Organisation, Finanzierung …

Explanations of welfare effort in affluent postwar democracies are partially integrated within
a" political resource" framework. Political resource models of welfare effort fare well when …