"While many authors cannot see beyond the borders of their own
country, Haggard and Kaufman masterfully compare Latin America,
East Asia, and East Europe from a global perspective. These two
great scholars analyze urgent contemporary problems, the status and
future fate of the welfare state, and the relationship of changes
with the creation and development of democracy with remarkable
expertise, precision, and human empathy."--Janos Kornai, professor
emeritus, Harvard University and Collegium Budapest
"This ambitious book extends the theoretical framework of the
literature on welfare states in the advanced capitalist countries,
and situates the experience of these countries in a broader
comparative context. Haggard and Kaufman bring out the multifaceted
implications of development models and regime types for social
policy. Their synthetic account is truly a tour de force and a
testimony to the fruitfulness of cross-regional comparison."--Jonas
Pontusson, Princeton University
"A masterly analysis of how political interests, economic
circumstances, development strategies, and local history have
shaped what are surprisingly different versions of the welfare
state across the developing world. The authors combine fine-grained
country analyses with intelligent use of data, and explain and
extend the theory and literature on the modern welfare state. The
book is both scholarly and readable."--Nancy Birdsall, president of
the Center for Global Development
"This book has no equal in the welfare-state literature, a truly
impressive achievement. Haggard and Kaufman combine meticulous
scholarship with sophisticated theoretical guidance in this study
of welfare state evolution in LatinAmerica, Asia, and East Europe.
The book not only fills a huge void in our knowledge, it also
compels us to seriously rethink prevailing theory."--Gosta
Esping-Andersen, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
"A very, very valuable book. Haggard and Kaufman are up to their
old tricks--helping establish a new line of investigation in a
desperately understudied field. This book will be widely read,
heavily cited, and will inspire a generation of research. It is
going to have an important impact in comparative politics and
beyond."--Erik Wibbels, Duke University
"A major undertaking that will make a significant contribution
to the scholarship on welfare states in political science and
sociology. This ambitious book provides a wealth of information on
twenty-one countries' social welfare trajectories from the end of
World War II to the present. Haggard and Kaufman provide
quantitative analysis of trends with detailed country histories,
which makes for an empirically rich account."--Nina Bandelj,
University of California, Irvine
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