Transformations of the Welfare State - Obinger, Herbert (, Professor of Comparative Public and Social Policy, University of Bremen) a Starke, Peter (, Research Fellow, University of Bremen) a Moser, Julia (, Project Manager "Human Resources Development", Rationalisierungs- und Innovationszentrum d

Transformations of the Welfare State analyses several small, advanced OECD economies to assess whether the welfare state can compete under the conditions of an increasingly integrated world economy. Looking to the future of the welfare state, in an era newly marked by profound uncertainty, the authors sound an optimistic note.