This volume of The ANNALS explores the expansion of regulation in the welfare state and in social policy.  Written by experts on regulation and governance in the context of social welfare, this volume's papers challenge the welfare state vs. regulatory state dichotomy and address a broad range of welfare state domains from multiple perspectives.

The Reassertion of the Regulatory Welfare State: A Preface - Avishai Benish and David Levi-FaurThe Expansion of Regulation in Welfare Governance - Avishai Benish and David Levi-Faur Meta Governance of Path Dependencies: Regulation, Welfare, Markets - John BraithwaiteThe political economy of regulating for welfare: regulation preventing loss of access to basic services in the UK, Sweden the EU and Israel - Hanan HaberMeasuring and comparing the regulatory welfare state: Social objectives in public procurement - Miriam HartlappThe work-life balance directive: Towards a gender equalizing EU regulatory welfare state? Denmark and Poland compared - Caroline de la Porte, Trine Larsen and Dorota SzelewaBossing or Protecting? The Integration of Social Regulation into the Welfare State - Philipp TreinPolitics, Markets and Modes of Contract Governance: Regulating Social Services in Shanghai and Chongqing, China - Wei Li and Bao Yang Views from Below: Inspectors Coping with Hybrid Accountabilities - Tanja Klenk Changing expectations? The change in the role of the Welfare Ministry in the regulation of personal social services - Lihi LahatThe Quest for Service Quality as a Driver of the Regulatory Welfare State? Quality Policy for Health Services in Germany and France - Renate ReiterThe rise of the regulatory constitutional welfare state, publicization and constitutional social rights: The case of Israel and Britain - Lilach Litor, Gila Menahem, and Hadara Bar-Mor Quiet Politics of Employment Protection Legislation? Partisan politics, electoral competition and the regulatory welfare state - Linda Voigt and Reimut ZohlnhöferVarieties of Regulatory Welfare Regimes in Middle-Income Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Brazil, Mexico and Turkey - Isik D. Özel and Salvador Parrado Indirect and invisible regulations set in stone: A driving force behind the rise of private health insurance in Sweden - John Lapidus Missing in Action: Bridging capital and cross-boundary discourse - Sora Lee and Valerie BraithwaiteOrganizing Competition: Regulatory Welfare States in Higher Education - Tobias Schulze-ClevenThe Logics of Hybrid Accountability: When State, Market and Professionalism Interact - Avishai Benish