Gosta Esping-Andersen, Europe's leading analyst of the welfare state, presents a provocative examination of postindustrial economies at the end of the twentieth century. This book takes a second look at the driving forces of economic transformation in a more sociological and institutional way. As a result, what stands out is postindustrial diversity, not convergence.

• 1: Introduction


• PART ONE: Varieties of Welfare Capitalism


• 2: The Democratic Class Struggle Revisited


• 3: Social Risks and Wefare States


• 4: The Household Economy


• 5: Comparative Welfare Regimes Re-examined


• PART TWO: The New Political Economy


• 6: The Structural Bases of Postindustrial Employment


• 7: Managing Divergent Employment Dilemmas


• PART THREE: Welfare Capitalism Recast?


• 8: New Social Risks in Old Welfare States


• 9: Recasting Wefare Regimes for a Postindustrial Era


• Bibliography

Gosta Esping-Andersen is Professor of Comparative Social Systems at the University of Trento, Italy