Inglot analyzes historical patterns of expansion and evolution among welfare states in East Central Europe.

Welfare reforms in post-communist countries are determined by economic and social hardship, democratization of the political systems and rapid structural change

WWI led to a radical reshaping of Europe's political borders and the emergence of a series of smaller states from the ruins of larger empires. This study examin

The welfare state in all its many forms has had a profound role in many countries around the world since at least the Second World War. The Routledge Handbook o

Kees van Kersbergen and Barbara Vis explain the political opportunities and constraints of welfare state reform in advanced democracies.