TOPICS IN THE BOOK Risk Management Strategy and Supply Chain Performance among Manufacturing Companies in Kenya Causes of Delay in Clearance of Goods at the Port of Mombasa Factors Affecting the Performance of Courier Service Industry: A Survey of Courier Companies in Kenya Challenges of Import Logistics Outsourcing by Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi County Influence of Lean Strategies on Cost and Reducing None Value Added Services in the Operations of the UN Service Centers: A Case of Department of Field Support (DFs), Unit Nations

In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Rejecting any notion of convergence to some kind of neo-liberal orthodoxy, they find that most countries have remained true to the basic features of their postwar model as they have liberalized. Moreover, within different welfare- state constellations, while some countries are stillstruggling to adjust, others have reached a new sustainable equilibrium. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of the policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presentsin-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom as well as special studies on the the participation of women in the labour market, early retirement, the liberalization of public services, and international tax competition.