Selected Publications
Books
Youth Labor in Transition. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press (co-edited with Jackie O’Reilly, Janine Leschke, Renate Ortlieb, Paola Villa) (2019).
European Citizenship and Social Rights. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (co-edited with Frans Pennings), 2018. URL
The Age of Dualization. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press (co-edited with Patrick Emmenegger, Silja Häusermann, Bruno Palier), 2012. Korean translation published by the Korea Labor Institute, Seoul, 2012.
Welfare State Transformations. Comparative Perspectives. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, (editor), 2008; paperback edition 2011. Chinese Translation with China Renmin University Press, Beijing.
Party Politics and Social Welfare: Comparing Christian and Social Democracy in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, (with Silke van Dyk and Martin Roggenkamp), 2008; paperback edition published 2009.
The Dual Transformation of the German Welfare State. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004, (with Peter Bleses).
Sozial- und Wirtschaftspolitik unter Rot-Grün, Co-edited with Antonia Gohr, Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003.
Globalisierung und Sozialpolitik. Ein Vergleich der Diskurse und Wohlfahrtssysteme in Deutschland, Japan und den USA. Frankfurt/M.; New York: Campus, 2001.
Amerikanische Sozialpolitik - Politische Diskussion und Entscheidungen der Reagan-Ära. Opladen: Leske & Budrich, 1993.
Journal Articles
"Regulating the Poor through Internal Borders: The EU in Historical and International Perspectives", European Journal of Social Security, (2021) DOI: 10.1177/13882627211064637. URL
"The COVID-19 crisis and policy responses by continental European welfare states", Social Policy and Administration, 55 (2021), 326-338, [with Bea Cantillon and Romke van der Veen].
“Social citizenship in federations: free movement and social assistance rights in the EU and beyond,” West European Politics, (2020) DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2020.1826189 [with Cecilia Bruzelius].
„Migration, social policy, and power in historical perspective,“ Global Social Policy, (2019), 266-274. URL
“Mythen der vergleichenden Sozialpolitikforschung? Permanente Austerität und wohlfahrtstaatliches Retrenchment”, Sozialer Fortschritt, 67 (2018), 783 - 804 [with Constantin Reinprecht and Jakub Sowula]
“Sixty years after Titmuss: New findings on occupational welfare in Europe”, Social Policy and Administration, 52(2) (2018), 435-448 [with David Natali, Maarten Keune, Emmanuele Pavolini]
“Comparing occupational welfare in Europe: The case of occupational pensions”, Social Policy and Administration, 52(2) (2018), 477-490 [with Emmanule Pavolini]
"Stratified Social Rights Limiting EU Citizenship", Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView (2017). [with Cecilia Bruzelius and Constantin Reinprecht]. URL
Translated into German and published as "Stratifizierte soziale Rechte und Unionsbürgerschaft", WSI-Mitteilungen: 6 (2017): 398-408.
"Social Rights of EU Migrant Citizens: Britain and Germany Compared", Social Policy and Society, 15: 3 (2016), 403-416. [with Cecilia Bruzelius and Elaine Chase].
"The End of the Conservative German Welfare State Model", Social Policy and Administration, 50: 2 (2016), 219-240.
"Solidarity against All Odds: Trade Unions and the Privatization of Pensions in the Age of Dualization", Politics and Society, 43 (2015): 361-384 [with Marek Naczyk].
“The Four Worlds of 'Welfare Reality': Social Risks and Outcomes in Europe,” Social Policy and Society, 14:2 (2015), 287-307 [with Emanuele Ferragina and Thees Spreckelsen].
“Determinants of a Silent (R)evolution: Understanding the Expansion of Family Policy in Rich OECD Countries,” Social Politics, 22:1 (2015), 1-37 [with Emanuele Ferragina].
“Wohlfahrtssysteme in Europa und den USA: Annäherung des konservativen deutschen Modells an das amerikanische?”, WSI Mitteilungen 67: 4 (2014): 267-276.
“Welfare Systems in Europe and the United States: Conservative Germany converging toward the Liberal US Model?”, International Journal of Social Quality (special issue in honour of Franz-Xaver Kaufmann), 3: 2 (2014): 60-77.
“Unemployment Protection and Family Policy at the Turn of the 21st Century: A Dynamic Approach to Welfare Regime Theory,” Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 47, No. 7 (2013): 783-805 [with Emanuele Ferragina and Mark Tomlinson].
“Welfare regime debate: past, present, futures?,” Policy and Politics, Vol. 39, No. 4 (2011): 589-817 [with Emanuele Ferragina].
“Between Reforms and Birth Rates: Germany, Japan and Family Policy Discourse,” Social Politics, Vol. 18, No. 3 (2011): 1-30 [with Tuukka Toivonen].
“The Dual Transformation of Social Protection and Human Capital: Comparing Britain and Germany,” Comparative Political Studies, 44, 12 (2011): 1622-1650 [with Timo Fleckenstein and Adam Saunders].
“Social Protection Dualism, De-industrialization, and Cost Containment,” Research in the Sociology of Work, Volume 22 (Comparing European Workers), edited by David Brady (2011): 83-118 [with Adam Saunders and Marek Naczyk].
“Business, skills and the welfare state: the political economy of employment-oriented family policy in Britain and Germany,” Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 21, No. 2 (2011): 136-149 [with Timo Fleckenstein].
“Socio-economic Change, Party Competition and Intra-party Conflict: The Family Policy of the Grand Coalition,” German Politics, 19, 3-4 (2010): 416-428.
“The Political Economy of Occupational Family Policies: Comparing British and German Workplaces,” British Journal of Industrial Relations, 47,4 (2009): 741-764 [with Timo Fleckenstein].
“Reframing Social Policy: From Conservatism to Liberal Communitarianism,” German Policy Studies, 4, 2 (2008): 67-100.
“Ripensando la global governance: attori economici e responsabilità sociale,” La Rivista della Politiche Sociali [Italian Journal of Social Policy], 2008 (January-March), No. 1: 325-357 [with Antje Vetterlein].
“Discourse, Learning and Welfare State Change,” Social Policy and Administration, 41, 5 (2007): 427-448, [with Timo Fleckenstein].
“Learning from Britain? Deutsch- und englischsprachige Sozialpolitiklehrbücher im Vergleich,” Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 52, 1 (2006): 125-134, [with Timo Fleckenstein].
“Economic Globalization and the Welfare State in Affluent Democracies, 1975-2001,” American Sociological Review, 70 (2005): 921-948, [with David Brady and Jason Beckfield].
“What Do Parties Want?” European Journal of Social Security, 7, 2 (2005): 115-137, [with Silke van Dyk and Martin Roggenkamp].
“The Social Policies of the Red-Green Alliance in Germany,” International Journal of Political Economy, 32, 2 (2004): 14-43.
“National Identity Issues in the New German Elites: A Study of German University Students,” International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 44, 3 (2003): 280-308, [with Elizabeth D. Ezell and Edward A. Tiryakian].
”Betriebliche Sozialpolitik oder mehr Staat? Das Modell USA revisited,“ Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte, 48, 1 (2003): 73-88.
“Globalization, Political Discourse, and Welfare Systems in Comparative Perspective: The Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, and the US,“ Czech Sociological Review, 38, 6 (2002): 749-769.
“A Dual Transformation of the German Welfare State?“ West European Politics, 25, 4 (2002): 25-48.
“Neubeginn oder Ende der Sozialdemokratie? Eine Untersuchung zur programmatischen Reform sozialdemokratischer Parteien und ihrer Auswirkung auf die Parteiendifferenzthese,“ Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 43, 3 (2002): 478-496;
Translated into Dutch and published as “Een Nieuwe Toekomst Voor De Sociaal-Democratie?“ VMT, 36, 3 (2002): 88-102.
“Globalisation and the German Social Transfer State,“ German Politics, 10, 3 (2001): 103-118.
”Globalisierung und Wohlfahrtssysteme: Divergenz, Konvergenz oder divergente Konvergenz?,“ Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 45 (1999): 3-23.
“Zum Wandel wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Sicherung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Zwischen Lohnarbeit und Familie,“ Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 28, 2 (1999): 114-135 [with Peter Bleses].
“Vorbedingung, Konvergenz oder divergente Konvergenz? Der Wohlfahrtsstaat im Zeitalter der Globalisierung,“ Ästhetik & Kommunikation, 28 (1997): 25-33.
“Der Sozialstaat und die Ware Arbeitskraft,“ Widersprüche, 17 (1997): 41-51.
“Gesellschaftliche und politische Bedingungsfaktoren der US-amerikanischen ‘Sozialhilfereform’,“ WSI-Mitteilungen, 50 (1997): 713-721, [with Thomas Gebhardt].
“Was tun im Zeitalter der Globalisierung?“ Kurswechsel, 3 (1996): 61-73, [with Petra Kodré].
“Arbeitsmarktpolitik nach dem Wohlfahrtsstaat - Konsequenzen der ökonomischen Globalisierung,“ Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, B26 (1996): 36-44 [with Jürgen Neyer].
“Der US-Wohlfahrtsstaat: billig und flexibel?“ Die Mitbestimmung, 42, 7+8 (1996): 42-46.
”The Development and Structure of Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in the Federal Republic of Germany and Japan,“ Social Policy and Administration, 29 (1995): 269-293.
Reprinted in: Michael Hill (ed.), Income Maintenance – International Library of Comparative Public Policy Vol. 15, edited by B. Guy Peters. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, 2001, 210-234.
Nicholas Deakin, Catherine Jones Finer, Bob Matthews (eds.) Welfare and the State: Critical Concepts in Political Science. London: Routledge, 2004, 192-220.
”Sozialpolitik in den USA zwischen 'Reform und Demontage'?“ WSI-Mitteilungen, 48 (1995): 396-403.
Translated into French and published as: „Les évolutions récentes de la politique sociale aux Etats-Unis: réforme ou démantélement?“ Problèmes économiques, No. 2.443, October 25, 1995: 12-19.
“Explaining the Welfare State: The Weakness of Traditional Theories,“ American Studies, 39 (1994): 597-610.
”Sozialpolitik: USA ideenreich, Japan traditionell und Deutschland im Kürzungsfieber,“ Die Mitbestimmung, 40, 3 (1994): 50-54.
“Armut und Sozialpolitik unter der Bush-Administration,“ Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, B44 (1992): 22-34.
Articles in Edited Volumes
Articles in Edited Volumes
“Employers and Social Investment in three European Countries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” in: Garritzmann, Julian; Häsermann, Silja and Palier, Bruno (eds.) The World Politics of Social Investment. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming [with Emmanuele Pavolini].
“The Genesis of Welfare Regime Theory,” in: Christian Aspalter (Hrsg.) Ideal Types in Comparative Social Policy. London: Routledge, 2021, 41-59 [with Jakub Sowula].
"Krise der Demokratie oder Krise des Demos?", in: Timm, Gerhard and Konrad Hummel (eds.) Demokratie und Wohlfahrtspflege. Blätter der Wohlfahrtspflege / Sozialwirtschaft Special Issue 2020, 2020, 113-140 [with Rolf Frankenberger].
"Public versus Private? Deconstructing Public Services in Europe", in: Harrop, Andrew, Kate Murray, and Justin Nogarede (eds.) Public Service Futures: Welfare States in the Digital Age. Brussels and London: Fabian Society and FEPS – Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 2020, 129-137 [with Mikko Kuisma].
"EU Citizenship, Duties and Social Rights," in: Bauböck R. (eds) Debating European Citizenship. IMISCOE Research Series. Springer, Cham, 2019, 231-234. URL
“Familiy Policies and the Weakening of the Male-Breadwinner Model“, in Sheila Shaver (ed.) Handbook on Gender and Social Policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2018, 153-178 [with Rosa Daigner von Gleichen].
“(Dis)united in diversity? Social policy and social rights in the EU,” in: Frans Pennings and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (eds.) EU Citizenship and Social Rights. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2018, 51-75 [Cecilia Bruzelius and Catherine Jacqueson].
“Citizenship, Europe and Social Rights,” in: Sandra Seubert et al. (eds) Moving Beyond Barriers: Prospects for EU Citizenship? Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2018, 158-177.
“European citizenship and social rights”, in: Patricia Kennett and Naomi Lendvai (eds.) A handbook of European social policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2017, 155-166 [with Cecilia Bruzelius].
“Youth labour market outsiderness: The “Nordic model” compared with Britain and Germany”, in: Rune Halvorsen and Bjørn Hvinden (eds), Diversity in Youth Inclusion. New policies to promote employment in the Nordic Countries. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, forthcoming [with Thees Spreckelsen].
“The Truncated German Social Investment Turn”, in: Anton Hemerijck (ed.) The Uses of Social Investment. Oxford: OUP, 2017, 227-234
“Benefit Tourism and EU Migrant Citizens: Real-world Experiences”, in: Hudson, John; Needham, Catherine and Heins, Elke ed., Social Policy Review 29. Bristol: Policy Press, 2017, 181-197.
“Welfare State Reform and Social Policy,” Stephen Padgett, William E. Paterson and Reimut Zohlnhöfer ed., Developments in German Politics Four. Basingstoke/New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2014, 227-240.
“Shifting the Public-Private Mix: A New Dualization of Welfare?,” in Emmenegger, Patrick, Häusermann, Silja, Palier, Bruno & Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin (eds) The Age of Dualization: The Changing Face of Inequality in Deindustrializing Societies. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, 151-175 [with Adam Saunders and Marek Naczyk].
“Changing Market Conditions and the Welfare State,” in: Nikolai Genov (ed.) Global Trends and Regional Development. New York/Abingdon: Routledge, 2012, 193-207.
“Cross-National Perspectives on Firm-Level Family Policies: Britain, Germany and the US Compared,” in: Jochen Clasen (ed.) Converging Worlds of Welfare? British and German Social Policy in the 21st Century. Oxford: OUP, 2011, 129-154 [with Timo Fleckenstein].
Translated into Italian and published as „Le politiche aziendali di conciliazione famiglia-lavoro in diversi paesi: Gran Bretagna, Germania, e Stati Uniti in prospettiva comparata,“ Revista delle Politiche Sociali, 2012:3.
Wohlfahrtsstaatstransformationen in vergleichender Perspektive: Grenzverschiebungen zwischen ›Öffentlich‹ und ›Privat‹,“ in: Herbert Obinger & Elmar Rieger (eds) Wohlfahrtsstaatlichkeit in entwickelten Demokratien. Festschrift für Stephan Leibfried. Frankfurt/New York: Campus, 2009, 241-274.
“Social Democratic reforms of the welfare state: Germany and the UK Compared,” in: Martin Powell (ed) Modernising the welfare state. The Blair legacy. Bristol: Policy Press, 2008, 239-259.
“Welfare state Transformations in Comparative Perspective: Shifting Boundaries of ‘Public’ and ‘Private’ Social Policy?” in: Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (ed.) Welfare State Transformations. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2008, 1-14.
“Multiple and Multi-Dimensional Welfare State Transformations,” in: Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (ed.) Welfare State Transformations. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2008, 210-221.
“Globalisierung, Sozialpolitik und Solidarität,“ in: Ursula Filipič (ed.) Neoliberalismus und Globalisierung. Sozialpolitik in der Diskussion, 2. Vienna: Arbeiterkammer, 2006, 27-39.
“Comparative Policy,“ „Complementary Social Protection,“ „Japan,“ and „USA,“ in: Tony Fitzpatrick et al. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Social Policy. London: Routledge, 2006.
“Sozialstaatskonzeptionen im Wandel der Zeit,” Gisela Färber and Jürgen Schupp (eds.) Der Sozialstaat im 21. Jahrhundert. Schnittpunkte von Forschung und Politik 6, Gesellschaft für Programmforschung. Münster: Waxmann, 2005, 9-24.
“Continuity and Change? Red-Green Social Policy After 16 Years of Christian-Democratic Rule.“ in: Werner Reutter (ed.) Germany on the Road to 'Normalcy': Policies and Politics of the Red-Green Federal Government (1998-2002), Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004, 123-143.
Translated into Dutch and published as “De sociale politiek van Rood-Groen in Duitsland,” VMT, 38, 4 (2004): 81-98.
“The Welfare State,“ in: Stephen Padgett, William E. Paterson, Gordon Smith (eds.) Developments in German Politics 3, Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2003, 143-160.
„Politikwechsel nach Machtwechsel“ in: Antonia Gohr and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (eds.) Sozial- und Wirtschaftspolitik unter Rot-Grün. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003, 11-27.
„Rot-Grün am Ende?“ in: Antonia Gohr and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (eds.) Sozial- und Wirtschaftspolitik unter Rot-Grün. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003, 347-361.
”Europäische Wohlfahrtsstaaten zwischen Lohnarbeit und Familie: Eine Einleitung,“ in: Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (ed.) Europäische Wohlfahrtsstaaten zwischen Lohnarbeit und Familie. Special Issue (Schwerpunktheft der) Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 49 (4). Wiesbaden: Chmielorz, 2003, 553-556.
”Globalisierung und Sozialpolitik,“ in: Sieglinde Rosenberger/Emmerich Tálos (eds.) Sozialstaat - Probleme, Herausforderungen, Perspektiven. Vienna: Mandelbaum Verlag, 2003, 64-78.
“Sozialpolitik“, in: Hans-Uwe Otto/Hans Thiersch (eds.), Handbuch Sozialarbeit/Sozialpädagogik. 2nd revised edition. Darmstadt: Luchterhand, 2001, 1763-1773 [with Peter Bleses].
“Wohlfahrtsgesellschaft“, in: Georg Kneer; Armin Nassehi und Markus Schroer (eds.), Soziologische Gesellschaftsbegriffe II: Klassische Zeitdiagnosen. München: Fink / UTB, 2001, 399-421 [with Peter Bleses].
“Sozialpolitik und Globalisierung. Ein Vergleich der politischen Diskurse und der Politikveränderungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Japan und den USA,“ in: Werner Fricke (ed.) Grenzüberschreitungen, Stillstand und Bewegung in der Gesellschaft. Bonn: Dietz Verlag, 2001, 111-119.
“Modell, Vorbild oder Mythos Amerika? Kritische Anmerkungen zu einer komplexen Fragestellung,“ in: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (ed.), Antworten auf die Globalisierung – Deutschland und die USA. Brühl: Ost-West-Kolleg der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2000, 79-86.
“Kulturelle und politisch-institutionelle Determinanten des US-amerikanischen Wohlfahrtsstaates“, in: Herbert Obinger; Uwe Wagschal (eds.) Der gezügelte Wohlfahrtsstaat – Sozialpolitik in reichen Industrienationen. Frankfurt/M.; New York: Campus, 2000, 95-129.
“Wohlfahrtsgesellschaft statt Wohlfahrtsstaat in Japan: Zwischen westlichen Vorbildern und eigenständigem Modell“, in: Herbert Obinger; Uwe Wagschal (eds.) Der gezügelte Wohlfahrtsstaat – Sozialpolitik in reichen Industrienationen. Frankfurt/M.; New York: Campus, 2000, 283-328 [with Anna-Maria Thraenhardt].
“Grenzen von Wohlfahrtssystemen unter Bedingungen der Globalisierung“, in: Claudia Honegger; Stefan Hradil; Franz Traxler (eds.) Grenzenlose Gesellschaft? Opladen: Leske+Budrich, 1999, 185-202.
“Der Wohlfahrtsstaat in der Globalisierungsfalle: Eine analytisch-konzeptionelle Annäherung“, in: Zentrum für Europa- und Nordamerikastudien (ZENS) (ed.), Standortrisiko Wohlfahrtsstaat? Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1997, 73-106.
”Globalization and the Re-Commodification of the Workforce“, in: Forschungsgruppe Europäische Gemeinschaften (FEG) (ed.), Labour Markets and Employment Policy in the European Union. Marburg: FEG am Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Philipps-Universität, 1997, 49-63.
“Historische Entwicklung und Struktur der Sozialhilfe- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Japan und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,“ in: Dietrich Thänhardt (ed.) Japan und Deutschland in der Welt nach dem Kalten Krieg. Münster: LitVerlag, 1996, 117-164.
“Sozialpolitik nach dem Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts,“ in: Herbert Dittgen/Michael Minkenberg (eds.) Das amerikanische Dilemma - Die Vereinigten Staaten nach dem Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts. Paderborn u.a.: Schöningh, 1996, 239-268.
Working Papers
Barnett Papers in Social Research, University of Oxford
Dimensions of labour market integration among young EU migrant citizens in the UK No 11/2016 [with Thees Spreckelsen].
The Social Construction of European Citizenship and Associated Social Rights No 7/2014 [with Cecilia Bruzelius, Elaine Chase, and Cornelia Hueser]
Welfare Systems in Europe and the USA: Conservative Germany Converging towards the US Model? No. 6/2013
The Dual Transformation of Social Protection and Human Capital:Comparing Britain and Germany No. 1/2010 [with Timo Fleckenstein and Adam M. Saunders].
The Political Economy of Occupational Family Policies: Comparing Workplaces in Britain and Germany No.4/2008 [with Timo Fleckenstein].
Rethinking Global Governance: Market Actors and Accountability, No.5/2007 [with Antje Vetterlein].
From Conservative to Liberal-Communitarian Welfare: Can the Reformed German Welfare State Survive? No. 4/2007.
Discourse, Learning and Welfare State Change: The case of German labour market reform, No. 3/2006. [with Timo Fleckenstein].
Centre for Social Policy Research, Bremen University
What Do Parties Want? An Analysis of Programmatic Social Policy Aims in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands, No. 1/2005 [with Silke van Dyk and Martin Roggenkamp].
Economic Globalization and the Welfare State in Affluent Democracies, 1975-1998, No. 12/2004 [with David Brady and Jason Beckfield].
Continuity and Change? Red-Green Social Policy After 16 Years of Christian-Democratic Rule, No. 3/2003.
Betriebliche Sozialpolitik oder mehr Staat? Das Modell USA revisited, No. 12/2002.
Ende oder Neubeginn der Sozialdemokratie? No. 16/2001.
Globalization, Political Discourse, and Welfare Systems in Comparativer Perspective: The Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, and the US, No. 15/2001.
Von der Lohnarbeit zur Familie? Zur Veränderung der Wohlfahrtsstaatlichkeit in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, No. 4/1998 [with Peter Bleses].
Bringing the Economy Back In: Economic Globalization and the Re-Commodification of the Workforce, No. 16/1995 [with Jürgen Neyer].
Sozialpolitik nach dem Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts: Der Fall USA, No. 12/1994.
Book Reviews
Sabina Stiller (2010) Ideational Leadership in German Welfare State Reform: How Politicians and Policy Ideas Transform Resilient Institutions, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, Journal of European Social Policy, 21 (2011): 280-281.
Guy Standing (2009) Work after Globalization, Journal of Social Policy, 40 (2011): 648-650.
Jens Alber/ Neil Gilbert (eds) United in Diversity? Comparing Social Models in Europe and America, International Journal of Social Welfare, 20, 3 (2011): 327.
Steinar Stjernø (2005) Solidarity in Europe. The History of an Idea. Journal of European Social Policy, 16, 3 (2006).
Frances McGinnity (2004) Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany. Who Benefits? Journal of Social Policy, 34, 2 (2005): 314.
Franz Xaver Kaufmann (2003) Varianten des Wohlfahrtsstaats, Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 50, 6 (2004): 675-679.
Frank Adloff (2003) Im Dienste der Armen, Soziologische Revue, 27, 3 (2004).
Nancy Bermeo (Hrsg.) (2001) Unemployment in the New Europe, West European Politics, 25, 3 (2002): 218-219.
Eckart Reidegeld (1996) Staatliche Sozialpolitik in Deutschland (Opalden: Westdeutscher Verlag), PVS 38, 3 (1997): 671-674.
“Wohlfahrtsstaat und politische Entscheidungsprozesse in Japan,“ [Review of Stephen J. Anderson (1993) 'Welfare Policy and Politics in Japan - Beyond the Developmental State' (New York: Paragon House)], Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 41 (1995), 236-239.