Bode is a sociologist, independent researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Sociology of the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He has also taught at the University of Montréal, at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, and at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent.

• 1. Introduction 2. Welfare Markets: Institutional Forms and Organizational Landscapes 3. Welfare Markets in Old Age Provision: The State of Things 4. The Role of (Welfare) Culture: The State of the Art and an Analytical Grid 5. Sense-Making of Welfare Markets for Old Age

Bode is a sociologist, independent researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Sociology of the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He has also taught at the University of Montréal, at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, and at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent.

• 1. Introduction 2. Welfare Markets: Institutional Forms and Organizational Landscapes 3. Welfare Markets in Old Age Provision: The State of Things 4. The Role of (Welfare) Culture: The State of the Art and an Analytical Grid 5. Sense-Making of Welfare Markets for Old Age

Bode is a sociologist, independent researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Sociology of the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He has also taught at the University of Montréal, at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, and at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent.

• 1. Introduction 2. Welfare Markets: Institutional Forms and Organizational Landscapes 3. Welfare Markets in Old Age Provision: The State of Things 4. The Role of (Welfare) Culture: The State of the Art and an Analytical Grid 5. Sense-Making of Welfare Markets for Old Age