Defence date: 16 April 1993
Examining board: Prof. Dr. Gøsta Esping-Andersen, European University Institute, Florence, supervisor) ; Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Universität Bremen, co-supervisor ; Prof. Dr. Claus Offe, Universität Bremen (external supervisor) ; Dr. Colin Crouch, Trinity College, Oxford ; Prof. David Soskice, Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin ; Dr. Guy Standing, International Labour Organisation, Geneva