Comparative Economic Systems: Culture, Wealth and Power in the 21st Centuryexplains how culture, in various guises, modifies the standard rules of economic engagement, creating systems that differ markedly from those predicted by the theory of general market competition. This analysis is...

Though the emerging sub-discipline of comparative political economy is now rich in studies of different advanced capitalisms, it still lacks a systematic consideration of the organizing frameworks and methodologies underpinning those studies. This definitive volume outlines the two great debates...

Since its first publication in 1990, Esping-Andersen's typology of 'The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism' has loomed incomparably large over the area of comparative social politics. This paper uses the concept of stability, researching comprehensively whether the construct 'Three Worlds of...