Gary B. Cohen is Professor and Chair of History at the University of Minnesota. His publications include numerous journal articles and books, including The Politics of Ethnic Survival: Germans in Prague, 1861–1914 (1981; 2nd ed., revised, 2006) and Education and Middle-Class Society in Imperial Austria, 1848–1918 (1996).

This is an interesting and welcome volume - [whose] contribution - is to bring together a set of chapters chronicling the reform or sclerosis of welfare states in many of Europe's smaller countries - [arguing] that there is important variation among the small states, and that both failed and successful reforms can only be understood by understanding how old coalitions could reorganize around certain ideas of change.A" * Pepper Culpepper, European University Institute - a rich book for anyone interested in the broad theme of change in European social policy, not least because it takes up a number of areas and countries which are not often covered in the literature.A" * Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction: Social Policy in the Smaller EU StatesGary B. Cohen, Ben W. Ansell, Robert Henry Cox, and Jane GingrichSECTION I: THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT AGENDA: FROM IDEAS TO POLICY?Chapter 1. How Globalization and the European Union are Changing European Welfare StatesRobert Henry Cox Chaper 2. Family Policies, Education, and Female Labor Market Participation in Advanced Capitalist DemocraciesRobin Stryker, Scott R. Eliason, Eric Tranby, and William HamiltonChapter 3. Double Transformation: How to Adjust to Institutional Social Policy?Juho SaariChapter 4. The Social Investment State: A New Trend in Social Expenditure or Merely a Popular Political Discourse?Jorma SipiläSECTION II: INTEREST COALITIONS, IDEAS, AND SOCIAL REFORMChapter 5. Multiple Market Prespcriptions: The Diverse Models of Health Care Reform in SwedenJane GingrichChapter 6. Austrian Social Policy Reform in the Era of Integration and Rising PopulismReinhard HeinischChapter 7. Of Firms and Flexibility : The Dynamics of Collective Bargainning Reform in Spain and PortugalSara WatsonSECTION III: DIVERGING INSTITUTIONAL LEGACIES, IDEAS, AND SOCIAL REFORMChapter 8. Social Policy  Change "Under the Radar Screen": Health Care Reforms in Seven Small CountriesKieke G. H. Okma, Luca Crivelli, Toni Ashton, Iva Bolgani, Tsung-Me Cheng, David Chinitz, Meng-Kin Lim, Hans Maarse, Rachel Meislin, and Tim TenbenselChapter 9. Humboldt Humbled? The Germanic University System in Comparative PerspectiveBen W. AnsellChapter 10. Beyond the Welfare State: Consumer Protection and Risk Perceptions in the European Union and AustriaPaulette KurzerConclusion: Ideas and Social ReformRobert Henry CoxNotes on ContributorsIndex

Gary B. Cohen is Professor and Chair of History at the University of Minnesota. His publications include numerous journal articles and books, including The Politics of Ethnic Survival: Germans in Prague, 1861–1914 (1981; 2nd ed., revised, 2006) and Education and Middle-Class Society in Imperial Austria, 1848–1918 (1996).

This is an interesting and welcome volume - [whose] contribution - is to bring together a set of chapters chronicling the reform or sclerosis of welfare states in many of Europe's smaller countries - [arguing] that there is important variation among the small states, and that both failed and successful reforms can only be understood by understanding how old coalitions could reorganize around certain ideas of change.A" * Pepper Culpepper, European University Institute - a rich book for anyone interested in the broad theme of change in European social policy, not least because it takes up a number of areas and countries which are not often covered in the literature.A" * Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction: Social Policy in the Smaller EU StatesGary B. Cohen, Ben W. Ansell, Robert Henry Cox, and Jane GingrichSECTION I: THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT AGENDA: FROM IDEAS TO POLICY?Chapter 1. How Globalization and the European Union are Changing European Welfare StatesRobert Henry Cox Chaper 2. Family Policies, Education, and Female Labor Market Participation in Advanced Capitalist DemocraciesRobin Stryker, Scott R. Eliason, Eric Tranby, and William HamiltonChapter 3. Double Transformation: How to Adjust to Institutional Social Policy?Juho SaariChapter 4. The Social Investment State: A New Trend in Social Expenditure or Merely a Popular Political Discourse?Jorma SipiläSECTION II: INTEREST COALITIONS, IDEAS, AND SOCIAL REFORMChapter 5. Multiple Market Prespcriptions: The Diverse Models of Health Care Reform in SwedenJane GingrichChapter 6. Austrian Social Policy Reform in the Era of Integration and Rising PopulismReinhard HeinischChapter 7. Of Firms and Flexibility : The Dynamics of Collective Bargainning Reform in Spain and PortugalSara WatsonSECTION III: DIVERGING INSTITUTIONAL LEGACIES, IDEAS, AND SOCIAL REFORMChapter 8. Social Policy  Change "Under the Radar Screen": Health Care Reforms in Seven Small CountriesKieke G. H. Okma, Luca Crivelli, Toni Ashton, Iva Bolgani, Tsung-Me Cheng, David Chinitz, Meng-Kin Lim, Hans Maarse, Rachel Meislin, and Tim TenbenselChapter 9. Humboldt Humbled? The Germanic University System in Comparative PerspectiveBen W. AnsellChapter 10. Beyond the Welfare State: Consumer Protection and Risk Perceptions in the European Union and AustriaPaulette KurzerConclusion: Ideas and Social ReformRobert Henry CoxNotes on ContributorsIndex

Gary B. Cohen is Professor and Chair of History at the University of Minnesota. His publications include numerous journal articles and books, including The Politics of Ethnic Survival: Germans in Prague, 1861–1914 (1981; 2nd ed., revised, 2006) and Education and Middle-Class Society in Imperial Austria, 1848–1918 (1996).

This is an interesting and welcome volume - [whose] contribution - is to bring together a set of chapters chronicling the reform or sclerosis of welfare states in many of Europe's smaller countries - [arguing] that there is important variation among the small states, and that both failed and successful reforms can only be understood by understanding how old coalitions could reorganize around certain ideas of change.A" * Pepper Culpepper, European University Institute - a rich book for anyone interested in the broad theme of change in European social policy, not least because it takes up a number of areas and countries which are not often covered in the literature.A" * Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction: Social Policy in the Smaller EU StatesGary B. Cohen, Ben W. Ansell, Robert Henry Cox, and Jane GingrichSECTION I: THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT AGENDA: FROM IDEAS TO POLICY?Chapter 1. How Globalization and the European Union are Changing European Welfare StatesRobert Henry Cox Chaper 2. Family Policies, Education, and Female Labor Market Participation in Advanced Capitalist DemocraciesRobin Stryker, Scott R. Eliason, Eric Tranby, and William HamiltonChapter 3. Double Transformation: How to Adjust to Institutional Social Policy?Juho SaariChapter 4. The Social Investment State: A New Trend in Social Expenditure or Merely a Popular Political Discourse?Jorma SipiläSECTION II: INTEREST COALITIONS, IDEAS, AND SOCIAL REFORMChapter 5. Multiple Market Prespcriptions: The Diverse Models of Health Care Reform in SwedenJane GingrichChapter 6. Austrian Social Policy Reform in the Era of Integration and Rising PopulismReinhard HeinischChapter 7. Of Firms and Flexibility : The Dynamics of Collective Bargainning Reform in Spain and PortugalSara WatsonSECTION III: DIVERGING INSTITUTIONAL LEGACIES, IDEAS, AND SOCIAL REFORMChapter 8. Social Policy  Change "Under the Radar Screen": Health Care Reforms in Seven Small CountriesKieke G. H. Okma, Luca Crivelli, Toni Ashton, Iva Bolgani, Tsung-Me Cheng, David Chinitz, Meng-Kin Lim, Hans Maarse, Rachel Meislin, and Tim TenbenselChapter 9. Humboldt Humbled? The Germanic University System in Comparative PerspectiveBen W. AnsellChapter 10. Beyond the Welfare State: Consumer Protection and Risk Perceptions in the European Union and AustriaPaulette KurzerConclusion: Ideas and Social ReformRobert Henry CoxNotes on ContributorsIndex