Far-reaching transformations in Swiss education were pushed in the last decade by two prominent international initiatives, namely the 1999 Bologna process and the OECD's PISA study starting in 2000. To what extent and in which way were these soft governance initiatives able to trigger Swiss...

1980s in Germany, Britain, France and Italy suggests a convergent and consistent process of homogenisation driven chiefly by institutional mimetic isomorphism. This new 'organisational settlement' is increasingly shaped by the structural autonomisation of individual service delivery units. This...

Liberal versus protective models of welfare capitalism -- The left divided -- Democratic transitions and the transformation of the Portuguese and Spanish lefts -- Reversal of fortune: the politics of labor incorporation -- The evolution of labor market protections : intra-left competition and...