Carsten Jensen is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark.Georg Wenzelburger is Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany.

• 1. Introduction 2. Reforming the Welfare State 3. The Welfare State Reform Dataset 4. Welfare Reform in Time 5. Different Countries, Different Policy Instruments? 6. Visibility 7. The Timing of Welfare State Reforms 8. Partisanship 9. Conclusion

Carsten Jensen is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark.Georg Wenzelburger is Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany.

• 1. Introduction 2. Reforming the Welfare State 3. The Welfare State Reform Dataset 4. Welfare Reform in Time 5. Different Countries, Different Policy Instruments? 6. Visibility 7. The Timing of Welfare State Reforms 8. Partisanship 9. Conclusion

Carsten Jensen is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark.Georg Wenzelburger is Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany.

• 1. Introduction 2. Reforming the Welfare State 3. The Welfare State Reform Dataset 4. Welfare Reform in Time 5. Different Countries, Different Policy Instruments? 6. Visibility 7. The Timing of Welfare State Reforms 8. Partisanship 9. Conclusion