In this three-volume collection Leibfried and Mau have gathered together the most vital articles about the welfare state and its ‘reformation’ written since the mid-1970s. Their choices and organising principles bring coherence and additional insight to these articles that, together, provide a comprehensive presentation of all the key empirical, conceptual and normative issues.
Welfare States: Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction unites the work of some four generations of the most pre-eminent scholars of the welfare state – in one cohesive, authoritative set of volumes.

63 articles, dating from 1974 to 2005 Contributors include: N. Barr, F. Castles, G. Esping-Andersen, J.S. Hacker, P. Hall, E. Immergut, W. Korpi, J. Myles, C. Offe, P. Pierson, B. Rothstein

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For a parallel BIGSSS publication see
Heinz, Walter R., Johannes Huinink & Ansgar Weymann, Hg. (2009) The Life Course Reader. Individuals and Societies Across Time