Product Description              

Based on a unified explanatory framework, this edited collection offers explanations for major transformations of the democratic nation state since the 1970s in the countries of the OECD world.            
      
           

About the Author              

Heinz Rothgang is Professor of Heath Economics and Director of the Division for Health Economics, Health Policy and Outcomes Research at the Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Germany. His research focuses on healthcare systems, long-term care insurance and welfare economics. Publications include The State and Healthcare: Comparing OECD Countries (Palgrave 2010, with Mirella Cacace, Simone Grimmeisen, Lorraine Frisina, Achim Schmid and Claus Wendt).

Steffen Schneider is Research Associate at the TranState Research Centre and the Department of Political Science, University of Bremen, Germany. His research interests are in comparative government and policy analysis. Publications include Democracy's Deep Roots: Why the Nation State Remains Legitimate (Palgrave 2010, with Achim Hurrelmann, Zuzana Krell-Laluhová, Frank Nullmeier and Achim Wiesner).