Table of Contents

Preface - The Issue; A.Pfaller - The Competitiveness of Industrialized Welfare States: A Cross Country Survey; A.Pfaller & I.Gough - The United States; A.Pfaller - The United Kingdom; I.Gough - France; X.Greffe - Federal Republic of Germany; M.Kruger & A.Pfaller - Sweden; G.Therborn - Welfare Statism and International Competition: The Lesson of the Case Studies; A.Pfaller, I.Gough & G.Therborn - Notes - Bibliography - Index