This is the first book to compare the distinctive welfare states of Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman trace the h

The essays in this volume explore the moral foundations and the political prospects of the welfare state in the United States. Among the questions addressed are

The world’s richer democracies all provide such public benefits as pensions and health care, but why are some far more generous than others? And why, in the f

Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and

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