""The welfare state plays a key role in people's everyday lives in developed societies. At the same time, the welfare state is contested and there are constant discussions on how and to what degree the state should intervene, influence and have an impact on the development of society. Recent...

The non-economic preconditions of globalization -- Welfare state mercantilism -- Defensive globalization in the welfare state : foreign trade policy and social policy in the USA -- Two worlds of welfare democracy : global capitalism and social policy reform in Germany and the USA -- The welfare...