Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. The Iceberg of Power below the Surface: A Preface to Power Resources Theory vii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Contributors xvii
6. Introduction Understanding the Welfare State: Power Resources Theory and Its Critics 1
7. PART I: THE POWER RESOURCES PERSPECTIVE: LABOUR STRENGTH AND WELFARE REGIMES
8. 1. Power Resources Approach vs Action and Conflict: On Causal and Intentional Explanations in the Study of Power 37
9. 2. The Development of Family Policy: A Comparison of Family Benefits and Tax Reductions for Families in OECD Countries 70
10. 3. Political Parties and Public Pensions: A Quantitative Analysis 98
11. 4. The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State 123
12. 5. Welfare Expenditure and Policy Orientation in Canada, 1960-1990, in Comparative Perspective 154
13. 6. Locating the Canadian Welfare State: Family Policy and Health Care in Canada, Sweden, and the United States 183
14. PART II: POWER RESOURCES THEORY: A CRITICAL APPROACH
15. 7. Gender, Class, and Citizenship in the Comparative Analysis of Welfare State Regimes: Theoretical and Methodological Issues 209
16. 8. Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes 229
17. 9. Race, Class, and Gender in the U.S. Welfare State: Nixon's Failed Family Assistance Plan 250
18. 10. Labour-Market Institutions and Working-Class Strength 283
19. 11. The Scandinavian Origins of the Social Interpretation of the Welfare State 312
20. 12. Re-modelling Sweden: The Rise and Demise of the Compromise in a Global Economy 339