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The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

Gøsta Esping-Andersen · Polity Press / Princeton University Press · 1990

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Author
Gøsta Esping-Andersen
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2026-09-01
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ISBN 9780745606651 (Polity), 9780691028576 (Princeton paperback).

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EstablishedEsping-Andersen (1990) distinguished liberal, conservative and social-democratic welfare state regimes, using decommodification — how far welfare depends on the market — as a key criterion; the social-democratic regime has universal and comparatively generous benefits.