Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Castles, Francis G. / Lehner, Franz / Schmidt, Manfred G. -- The Politics of Labour Market Policy Structural and Political Determinants of Rates of Unemployment in Industrial Nations / Schmidt, Manfred G. -- The Political Economy of Distributive Conflict / Lehner, Franz -- Welfare and Warfare Critical Options and Conscious Choice in Public Policy / Keman, Hans -- Analysis of Decision Cases / Steiner, Jürg / Dorff, Robert H. -- Politics and Economic Regulation / Schubert, Klaus -- Comparative Public Policy Analysis : Problems, Progress and Prospects / Castles, Francis G. -- Subject Index