political science

Washington Naval Treaty ( 1923 ) 642
Weimar Constitution 201 , 359 , 582
welfare state:
and business 393 – 5
and distribution of beneWts 396 – 7
as distributive institution 389
and gender 391 – 2
and ‘‘hidden’’ welfare state 395 – 7
and indirect policies 396
as institution of modern politics 388
and policy change 402 – 3
conversion 403
drift 403 – 4
failure to adapt to new risks 404
institutional obstacles to 404
layering 403
and policy outcomes 400 – 2
Luxembourg Income Study
(LIS) 400 – 1
panel studies of income
dynamics 401 – 2
and private beneWts 396
and public spending programs 395 , 400
and race 389 – 91
and research on:
challenges facing 399 – 400
diversity of 388 – 9
growth of 387 – 8

progress of 389

and resilience of 398

and retrenchment of 397 – 400

and solidarity 389

and tax policy 395 – 6

and typology of 388

Westminster system:

and parliamentary government 325 – 6

and presidentialization of prime

ministers 328 – 30

see alsoparliamentary government

Westphalia, Treaties of ( 1648 ) 113

women,seefeminism; gender

World Bank 150 , 383 , 426 , 627 , 657 , 668

and nongovernmental organizations 685

and United States 670

World Health Organization 424 , 617

World Social Forum 678

World Trade Organization 426 , 616 , 657 ,

661

and bargaining problem 662 – 4

and dispute resolution 665

and enforcement problems 664 – 5

and impact of 667

and legal powers of 618

world-polity institutionalism 682

Yugoslavia, and federalism 265 , 266

816 subject index