comprehensive global data analysis with social policy theory development. The theory of global ideal-typical welfare regimes, also … known as the “Ten Worlds of Welfare Regime Theory”, as set forth earlier by Christian Aspalter, is now in this book tested … Worlds Theory. All in all, about 150 countries are included in this test, measuring numerous variables on two main dimensions …

Can the welfare state survive in an economically integrated world? Many have argued that globalization has undermined … the world's leading authorities in international economics and the welfare state, suggests a surprisingly different set of … Bargaining -- Chapter 4 Constraints, Opportunities, and Information: Financial Market–Government Relations around the World …