Download or read book Power Resources Theory and the Welfare State written by Walter Korpi and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than simply asserting that all social policies in all capitalist societies exist to maintain capitalism and serve the long-term interests of the capitalist class, PRT examines the nature and impact of social policies and the level and types of social inequality in a variety of advanced capitalist nations.