UWE BECKER is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Earlier publications include
Employment Miracles (2005; ed. with H.Schwartz),
Europese Democratieën (1999),
Kapitalistische Dynamik und Politisches Kräftespiel (1986) as well as articles in relevant journals like
Socio-Economic Review,
New Political Economy and
Journal of European Social Policy.