Description: Christian Democracy has been the most successful political movement in post world war Europe. In this study Kees van Kersbergen demonstrates the precise nature of the links between Christian Democracy and the welfare state.
Review Quotes: "Future research could probably investigate the historical role of religion in shaping the gendered effects of the welfare state. Van Kersbergen's book is so innovative because this variable has received the least attention in studies of the welfare state.."
-Comparative Politics, 34, October 2001