Power resources theory and the welfare state Book

	The Iceberg of Power below the Surface: A Preface to Power Resources Theory
	Acknowledgments
	Contributors
	Introduction Understanding the Welfare State: Power Resources Theory and Its Critics	3
Pt. I	The Power Resources Perspective: Labour Strength and Welfare Regimes
1	Power Resources Approach vs Action and Conflict: On Causal and Intentional Explanations in the Study of Power	37
2	The Development of Family Policy: A Comparison of Family Benefits and Tax Reductions for Families in Eighteen OECD Countries	70
3	Political Parties and Public Pensions: A Quantitative Analysis	98
4	The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State	123
5	Welfare Expenditure and Policy Orientation in Canada in Comparative Perspective	154
6	Locating the Canadian Welfare State: Family Policy and Health Care in Canada, Sweden, and the United States	183
Pt. II	Power Resources Theory: A Critical Approach
7	Gender, Class, and Citizenship in the Comparative Analysis of Welfare State Regimes: Theoretical and Methodological Issues	209
8	Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes	229
9	Race, Class, and Gender in the U.S. Welfare State: Nixon's Failed Family Assistance Plan	250
10	Labour-Market Institutions and Working-Class Strength	283
11	The Scandinavian Origins of the Social Interpretation of the Welfare State	312
12	Re-modelling Sweden: The Rise and Demise of the Compromise in a Global Economy	339