This chapter looks at the range of theories which have been advanced to explain the development of the welfare state. In the first part of this chapter we look back over the development of welfare state theories and outline a number of theses which are representative of some of the main themes in welfare state theorising. In the second part we look at a range of theoretical approaches which are...

We model group formation as a response to relative deprivation. We employ a simple measure of relative deprivation. We show that the process of deprivationinduced self-selection into groups reaches a unique steady state. We study the social welfare implications of the deprivation-induced process of group formation and show that when individuals are left to pursue their betterment the resulting ...

Welfare states have traditionally been studied through quantitative tools such as indices and qualitative ones typologies. However, there seems to be a lack of analytical that simultaneously show welfare state outcomes development potential. In this paper, we developed the State Scattergram. This result two gives state’s fiscal capacity, latter serving proxy for improvement The indicator used X...