In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of their policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the...

In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of their policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the...

In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of their policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the...

This work analyzes the state in terms of its component parts and shows the interaction of subnational, national and supernational actors in the emerging European polity. This approach offers a view through which to assess the future course of European integration.

Ebenso wie das amerikanische Original verdankt auch die deut sche Ausgabe ihre Entstehung fremder Initiative. Beschaftigt mit neuen Projekten hatte ich eher mit Erleichterung die Einschatzung unseres "Hausverlages" zur Kenntnis genommen, dass es fur eine deutsche Ubersetzung von "Games Real Actors Play" keinen Markt gebe. Dabei ware es auch geblieben, wenn nicht an der Fer nuniversitat Hagen Roland Czada und Uwe Schimank zu einer po sitiveren Einschatzung der Marktchancen gekommen waren, von denen sie dann offenbar auch den Verlag Leske+Budrich uberzeu gen konnten. Nach langen Bemuhungen ist...