Defence date: 20 October 1995
Examining board: Colin Crouch, European University Institute, Florence ; Klaus Eder, European University Institute, Florence, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin ; Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Supervisor, European University Institute, Florence, Università di Trento ; Franz-Xaver Kaufmann, Universität Bielefeld ; Ivan Szelenyi, University of California at Los Angeles