Gough , Ian Welfare states and environmental states : a comparative analysis

on Political Economy of the Welfare State THEORIES OF THE WELFARE STATE : A CRITIQUE

Contextualizing Obesity and Diabetes Policy: Exploring a Nested Statistical and Constructivist Approach at the Cross-National and Subnational Government Level in the United States and Brazil

Background This article conducts a comparative national and subnational government analysis of the political, economic, and ideational constructivist contextual factors facilitating the adoption of obesity and diabetes policy.   Methods We adopt a nested analytical approach to policy analysis, which combines cross-national statistical analysis with subnational case study comparisons to examine...

Ian Gough Thatcherism and the Welfare State

The British welfare state is under attack today, that much is clear. But why? What is the nature of the attack? How does the 'new conservatism' of the Thatcher government differ from the 'traditional Toryism' of Macmillan and Heath? What is the link between the Government's monetarist economic policies and their and-welfarism? And will either work ? These are some of the questions I want briefl...

Welfare Regimes in East Asia and Europe

The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision?

Background This article assesses the global health policies of the European Union (EU) and those of its individual member states. So far EU and public health scholars have paid little heed to this, despite the large budgets involved in this area. While the European Commission has attempted to define the ‘EU role in Global Health’ in 2010, member states are active in the domain of global health ...