This book covers a range of in-depth country studies on ageing and its impact on the future of welfare state systems, in particular their social security systems, in European countries, all of which are written by very well-known country experts. There has been a couple of monumental books on...

This book focuses on the transition of welfare state systems in developing countries in Latin America, Eastern-Central Europe and Asia, while refering to their particular political and economic development contexts. It is one of the few books available that compares these three world regions,...