Anticipatory modernization : a comparative overview of welfare state development -- War and welfare policy -- Developmental state or welfare state? : a comparative analysis of postwar welfare expenditures -- A "unique welfare society"? : a comparative analysis of policy substance -- Area studies...

Introduction : from social problems to social policies -- The social worldview of medieval Christianity as prologue -- Secular transitions and assumptions -- Marx, Durkheim, and the limits of laissez-faire capitalism -- From theory to ideology -- Origins of social policy in Europe and the United...