YCAR Research Associate Dr. Zahir Sadeque's chapter,"How Climate Change will Shape the Social Policy Framework," appears in the third exdition of The Welfare State Reader, edited by C. Pierson, F.G. Castles and I.K. Naumann and published by Polity.  The Welfare State Reader first appeared in 2000 and this third edition includes 17 new selections, all reflecting the latest thinking and research in welfare state studies. These readings are organized around contemporary debates, such as the current trajectories of, constraints on and challenges to contemporary welfare regimes, as well as evolving ideas and emergent forms that constitute the future of welfare.