Duane Swank (born May 28, 1953, Decatur, IL) is a scholar of comparative political economy and the welfare state.
His research has critiqued the conventional view that the welfare state is in decline and has sought to explain the political origins of different types of modifications to capitalism.
"The Political Origins of Coordinated Capitalism: Business Organization, Party Systems, and the State in the Age of Innocence."
Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States.
Swank's Page at Marquette University: http://www.marquette.edu/polisci/faculty_swank.shtml Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine