Is the Czech Republic a welfare state? This question is to be answered through this article, whose purpose is to classify Czechia into one of the types of the welfare state. The introduction of the article describes the creation of the welfare state and the main factors influencing its origin....

This paper analyses major pension system regulation in four European countries: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It is focused on the government's and social partner's efforts to provide old-age security benefits, and how these regulatory approaches have shaped the current...

Introduction : towards a new regulatory state in old-age security? : exploring the issues / Lutz Leisering, Deborah Mabbett -- The transformations of the regulatory state / Giandomenico Majone -- De-regulation and re-regulation of public utilities : the new regulatory state in the European...