B. Vivekanandan is former Chairman of the Centre for American and West European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has written, edited or contributed to 26 important books on International Affairs, European Affairs, and India's Foreign Policy Nimmi Kurian is Associate Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India. She has written extensively on International Relations, European Affairs, Trans-Atlantic Relations, India's Foreign Policy, China's policies and Scandinavian Affairs.

• Introduction: Welfare States and the Future; B.Vivekanandan & N.Kurian Welfare States in Perspective; P.Bose Economic Foundations of Welfare State Systems; S.K.Das A World Economy Based on the Welfare State Principle; H.Elsenhans Globalization and Welfare States; R.Mishra The British Welfare State: Development and Challenges; T.Burden The Welfare State System in France; S.Nadal The Welfare State in Post-war Germany; L.Leisering The Welfare State in Austria; E.Talos & M.Fink The Swedish Welfare State and New Challenges; N.Kurian Political Economy of the Finnish Welfare State; J.Pekkarinen Challenges Facing the Danish Welfare State; J.H.Petersen Modernization of the European Model of Social Protection; J.Palme Recent Welfare Reforms in the United States; A.Gupta Canada's Changing Welfare State; B.Vivekanandan Welfare Designs and Peripheral Realities: The Brazilian Dilemma; D.Loundo South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Welfare State; A.J.Venter The Welfare State in Japan and China:Development and Challenges; C.Aspalter The Welfare State System in India; A.Kumar

B. Vivekanandan is former Chairman of the Centre for American and West European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has written, edited or contributed to 26 important books on International Affairs, European Affairs, and India's Foreign Policy Nimmi Kurian is Associate Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India. She has written extensively on International Relations, European Affairs, Trans-Atlantic Relations, India's Foreign Policy, China's policies and Scandinavian Affairs.

• Introduction: Welfare States and the Future; B.Vivekanandan & N.Kurian Welfare States in Perspective; P.Bose Economic Foundations of Welfare State Systems; S.K.Das A World Economy Based on the Welfare State Principle; H.Elsenhans Globalization and Welfare States; R.Mishra The British Welfare State: Development and Challenges; T.Burden The Welfare State System in France; S.Nadal The Welfare State in Post-war Germany; L.Leisering The Welfare State in Austria; E.Talos & M.Fink The Swedish Welfare State and New Challenges; N.Kurian Political Economy of the Finnish Welfare State; J.Pekkarinen Challenges Facing the Danish Welfare State; J.H.Petersen Modernization of the European Model of Social Protection; J.Palme Recent Welfare Reforms in the United States; A.Gupta Canada's Changing Welfare State; B.Vivekanandan Welfare Designs and Peripheral Realities: The Brazilian Dilemma; D.Loundo South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Welfare State; A.J.Venter The Welfare State in Japan and China:Development and Challenges; C.Aspalter The Welfare State System in India; A.Kumar

B. Vivekanandan is former Chairman of the Centre for American and West European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has written, edited or contributed to 26 important books on International Affairs, European Affairs, and India's Foreign Policy Nimmi Kurian is Associate Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India. She has written extensively on International Relations, European Affairs, Trans-Atlantic Relations, India's Foreign Policy, China's policies and Scandinavian Affairs.

• Introduction: Welfare States and the Future; B.Vivekanandan & N.Kurian Welfare States in Perspective; P.Bose Economic Foundations of Welfare State Systems; S.K.Das A World Economy Based on the Welfare State Principle; H.Elsenhans Globalization and Welfare States; R.Mishra The British Welfare State: Development and Challenges; T.Burden The Welfare State System in France; S.Nadal The Welfare State in Post-war Germany; L.Leisering The Welfare State in Austria; E.Talos & M.Fink The Swedish Welfare State and New Challenges; N.Kurian Political Economy of the Finnish Welfare State; J.Pekkarinen Challenges Facing the Danish Welfare State; J.H.Petersen Modernization of the European Model of Social Protection; J.Palme Recent Welfare Reforms in the United States; A.Gupta Canada's Changing Welfare State; B.Vivekanandan Welfare Designs and Peripheral Realities: The Brazilian Dilemma; D.Loundo South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Welfare State; A.J.Venter The Welfare State in Japan and China:Development and Challenges; C.Aspalter The Welfare State System in India; A.Kumar