Edited by Daniel Béland, James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University, Kimberly J. Morgan, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University, Herbert Obinger, Professor of Comparative Public and Social Policy, University of Bremen, and Christopher Pierson, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Nottingham

Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. A specialist of comparative fiscal and social policy, he has published 20 books and more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Kimberly J. Morgan is Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Her work examines the politics shaping public policies, with particular interests in migration and social welfare. She is the author Working Mothers and the Welfare State: Religion and the Politics of Work-Family Policy in Western Europe and the United States (Stanford University Press, 2006) and The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of American Social Policy (OUP, 2011), and co-editor of several volumes, including The Many Hands of the State: Theorizing Political Authority and Social Control (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

Herbert Obinger is a Professor of Comparative Public and Social Policy at the University of Bremen. He has published widely on the historical development of the welfare state in advanced democracies and comparative political economy.

Chris Pierson is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. His work covers the inter-related themes of property, social democracy and the welfare state. His Beyond the Welfare State (1991) remains one of the most widely-cited books in the field.

Willem Adema, Social Policy Division, OECD.
Edwin Amenta, UC Irvine.
Klaus Armingeon, University of Bern.
Thomas Bahle, University of Mannheim.
Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York.
Marius R. Busemeyer, University of Konstanz.
Eero Carroll, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Stephen Castles, University of Sydney.
Linda J. Cook, Brown University.
Mary Daly, University of Oxford.
Bernhard Ebbinghaus, University of Oxford.
Patrick Emmenegger, University of St Gallen.
Tony Fahey, University College Dublin.
Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan.
Naomi Finch, University of York.
Julian L. Garritzmann, University of Zurich.
Achim Goerres, University of Duisberg-Essen.
Karin Gottschall, University of Bremen.
Ian Gough, University of Bath.
Silja Häusermann, University of Zurich.
Anton Hemerijk, European University Institute.
Alexander Hicks, Emory University.
Karl Hinrichs, University of Bremen.
Gerda Hooijer, University of Oxford.
Jennifer Hook, University of Southern California.
Ellen M. Immergut, European University Institute.
Tomasz Inglot, Minnesota State University.
Torben Iversen, Harvard University.
Olli Kangas, University of Turku.
Franz-Xaver Kaufmann, University of Bielefeld.
Mikko Kautto, Finish Centre for Pensions.
Lane Kenworthy, University of Arizona.
Kees van Kersbergen, Aarhus University.
Desmond King, University of Oxford.
Martin Kohli, European University Institute.
Kati Kuitto, Finnish Centre for Pensions.
Stein Kuhnle, University of Bergen.
Staffan Kumlin, University of Oslo.
Marie Laperriere, Northwestern University.
Matthieu Leimgruber, University of Zurich.
Jonah D. Levy, University of California, Berkeley.
Julia F. Lynch, University of Pennsylvania.
Philip Manow, University of Bremen.
Isabela Mares, Yale University.
Paul Marx, University of Southern Denmark.
Rita Nikolai, Berlin Social Science Centre, WZB.
Michelle Norris, University College Dublin.
Frank Nullmeier, University of Bremen.
Ann Shola Orloff, Northwestern University.
August Osterle, Vienna University.
Einar Øverbye, Oslo Metropolitan University.
Bruno Palier, Sciences Po, Paris.
Joakim Palme, Uppsala University.
Mark Priestley, University of Leeds.
Stefano Ronchi, Politecnico diMilano.
Heinz Rothgang, University of Bremen.
Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne.
Anne Sander,
Peter Saunders, University of South Wales.
Simone Scarpa, Umea University.
Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Linköping University.
Manfred G. Schmidt, University of Heidelberg.
Ola Sjöberg, University of Stockholm.
Dennis C. Spies, University of Dusseldorf.
John D. Stephens, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Duane Swank, Marquette University.
Markus Tepe, University of Oldenburg.
Claus Wendt, University of Siegen.
Stuart White, University of Oxford.
Peter Whiteford, University of South Wales.
Jan Zutavern, University of Luxembourg.