Social foundations of postindustrial economies gosta esping andersen abstract the golden age of post war capitalism has been eclipsed and with it seemingly also the possibility of harmonizing equality and welfare with efficiency and jobs most analyses believe that the emerging post industrial society is overdetermined by massive convergent forces such as tertiarization new . Social foundations of postindustrial economies takes a second more sociological and more institutional look at the driving forces of economic transformation what as a result stands out is postindustrial diversity not convergence macroscopic global trends are undoubtedly powerful yet their influence is easily rivalled by domestic institutional traditions by the kind of welfare regime that some generations ago was put in place it is however especially the family economy that . Social foundations of postindustrial economies takes a second more sociological and more institutional look at the driving forces of economic transformation what as a result stands out is postindustrial diversity not convergence macroscopic global trends are undoubtedly powerful yet their influence is easily rivalled by domestic institutional traditions by the kind of welfare regime that some generations ago was put in place it is however especially the family economy that . Social foundations of postindustrial economies gosta esping andersen esping andersen is quite pedantic and to my taste a little bit all over the place in the sense that the writing style keeps offering most important 3 things on almost every page. Social foundations of postindustrial economies takes a second more sociological and more institutional look at the driving forces of economic transformation what as a result stands out is postindustrial diversity not convergence