I have a crush... on Gosta Esping-Andersen.
Why you ask? He articulated the seminal categorization of welfare regimes in 1990. Of course, when you try to categorize something you're just asking for criticism. And come it did. So, in 1999, Esping-Andersen re-visited his theory and politely, pithily and persuasively argued for the existence of three worlds of welfare with the possibility of a fourth type, but only if you were to re-evaluate the whole classification based on different criteria. Reading his explanation of homines gave me chills.
Way to go, Gosta!!
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