This article makes a plea for a more explicitly intentional and political-strategic analysis of post-communist public policy pathways. I analyze a set of social and labor market policies implemented in the Czech Republic (pro-active job loss prevention) as compared to Hungary and Poland...

I present the Intergenerational Justice Index (IJI) - a simple four-dimensional indicator developed with the Bertelsmann Stiftung in order to compare intergenerational justice in practice across 29 OECD member states. The unit of analysis is countries, and the IJI is a macro-level snapshot...

The role of the ‘Big Five’ personality traits in driving welfare state attitudes has received scant attention in social policy research. Yet neuroticism in particular – a disposition to stress, worry and get nervous easily – is theoretically likely to be an important driver of welfare...

Spanish Abstract: Este documento constituye una resumen de los resultados europeos del informe de Bertelsmann Stiftung ‘La justicia intergeneracional en las sociedades que envejecen’ (Vanhuysse, 2013). La sostenibilidad es el punto de partida moral para desarrollar este índice instantánea...

The essay summarizes European findings from the Bertelsmann Stiftung report 'Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies' (Vanhuysse, 2013). Sustainability is the moral starting point for developing this four-dimensional snapshot intergenerational justice index: ‘enough and as good’ ought...

Books reviewed: Ulf Beckmann, Von Lowe bis Leontief Friedel Bolle and Michael Carlberg (eds.), Behavioral Economics Paul Dalziel, Money, Credit and Price Stability Vivien Foster, Susana Mourato, David Pearce and Ece Ozdemiroglu, The Price of Virtue Joshua Gans (ed.), Publishing Economics Otmar...

This 5-article section discusses recent advances in the study of postcommunist states and public administrations based around Anna Gzymala-Busse's Rebuilding Leviathan and Conor O'Dwyer's Runaway State Building. In addition to contributions by these two authros, it contains an editorial...