Gøsta Esping-Andersen

Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Born	24 November 1947; Næstved, Denmark
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen; University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thesis	Social Class, Social Democracy and State Policy: Parity Policy and Party Decomposition in Denmark and Sweden
Influences	Karl Polanyi; September Group;
Academic work
Discipline	Political science, Sociology
Sub-discipline	Policy studies;
Institutions	Harvard University; European University Institute; Pompeu Fabra University;
Main interests	Comparative Social Policy; Power resource theory;
Notable ideas	Welfare Regimes; Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism;
Influenced	Robert E. Goodin;

Gøsta Esping-Andersen (pronounced [ˈjøstæ ˈespe̝ŋ ˈɑnɐsn̩]; born 24 November 1947) is a Danish sociologist whose primary focus has been on the welfare state and its place in capitalist economies. Jacob Hacker describes him as the "dean of welfare state scholars." Over the past decade his research has moved towards family demographic issues. A synthesis of his work was published as Families in the 21st Century (Stockholm, SNS, 2016).

Esping-Andersen is a pioneer of power resource theory.

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