Comparing welfare capitalism : social policy and political economy in Europe Japan and the USA Introduction : studying varieties of welfare capitalism Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Philip Manow Business coordination wage bargaining and the welfare state : Germany and Japan in comparative historical perspective Philip Manow Strategic bargaining and social policy development : unemployment insurance in France and Germany Isabela Mares When labour and capital collude : the political economy of early retirement in Europe Japan and the USA Bernhard Ebbinghaus Welfare state regimes and industrial relations systems : the questionable role of path dependency theory Colin Crouch Social partnership welfare state regimes and working time in Europe Hugh Compston The governance of the employment welfare relationship in Britain and Germany Anke Hassel Between financial commitment market liquidity and corporate governance : occupational pensions in Britain Germany Japan and the USA Gregory Jackson and Sigurt Vitols The forgotten link : the financial regulation of Japanese pension funds in comparative perspective Margarita Estevez Abe The experience of negotiated reforms in the Dutch and German welfare states Anton Hemerijck and Philip Manow The challenge of de industrialisation : divergent ideological responses to welfare state reform Anne Wren Employment and the welfare state : a continental dilemma Fritz W. Scharpf The politics of elective affinities : a commentary Michael Shalev Varieties of welfare capitalism : an outlook on future directions of research Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Philip Manow