In the 30 or so years since the publication of Gosta Es**‐Andersenapos; s Three Worlds
of Welfare Capitalism a number of rival welfare state typologies have emerged. This article …

This literature review seeks to position the UPWEB research project in relation to discourses
on welfare regimes. The UPWEB project is exploring the workings of healthcare in four …

This paper evaluates parental leave policies across six Anglophone countries (Australia,
Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the USA) to assess system fit with a liberal …

While the relation between inequality and levels of political trust has been intensely
investigated, there is no consensus yet on the mechanism behind this relation. In this paper …

This book presents a new step farther into the twenty-first century, for the first time truly
combining a comprehensive global data analysis with social policy theory development. The …

More than three decades of social science research demonstrates environmental issues as
important social problems commanding international attention. Although an emerging body …

Aim Differences in levels of vaccine uptake have emerged across Europe, and this may
partly be explained by religious beliefs. Our aim is to study the association between …

Most quantitative, comparative welfare state research assumes that subnational welfare
regimes are irrelevant or identical to their national counterparts. Many qualitative case …

What welfare state regimes are observed when the analysis is extended globally, empirically
and theoretically? We introduce a novel perspective into the 'welfare state regimes analyses' …

This one-year follow-up study among 1,421 male nurses from seven European countries
tested the validity of the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model in predicting prospective vital …