The Future of the Welfare State

• Written by one of the world's leading policy researchers
• Interdisciplinary, comparative approach, based on empirical methods
• Controversially challenges the myth that population ageing has a large impact on welfare budgets
• Uses data from 21 OECD countries, including Australia, Canada, Greece, Japan, and Sweden

Readership: Scholars and students of political science and economics, espeically those interested in the welfare state, social policy, comparative politics, and political economy; policy-makers in many areas of government

Francis G. Castles, Professor of Social and Public Policy, University of Edinburgh

"...this is doubtlessly a prominent book, with significant policy implications stemming from the key factors and challenges it identifies, which are likely to shape advanced welfare states in different 'familes of nations'." - Social Policy

1: On Crises, Myths and Measurement
2: A Race to the Bottom?
3: The Structure of Social Provision
4: A European Welfare State Convergence?
5: Explaining Expenditure Outcomes
6: Population Ageing and the Public Purse
7: Birth-Rate Blues: A Real Crisis in the Making?
8: Towards a Steady-State Welfare State