This book provides an extensive and comparative account of all welfare reforms that
occurred during the last three decades in Continental European countries. It reveals …

Der Sozialstaat ist eine Basisinstitution moderner, demokratisch-kapitalistischer
Gesellschaften. Als solche ist er nicht nur sozialwissenschaftlich interessant, sondern auch …

The first section of this volume analyses the evolution of the Spanish welfare state with
regard to Europeanization and globalization. The second part studies the impact of regional …

Since the 1970s, a series of demand and supply related changes have led to significant
labour market transformations which have brought about a sustained increase in female …

Nine years after its annunciation at the March 2000 Lisbon Summit as a broadly applicable
new governance instrument for the EU, the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) remains …

5.1 Adoption of welfare programmes in European countries, 1890–1920 81 5.2
Consolidation of welfare states in 1920 84 5.3 Welfare states in 1930 86 5.4 Welfare states …

ABSTRACT European Union Cohesion Policy and Spain: a territorial impact assessment.
Regional Studies. This article examines the territorial impacts of European Union Cohesion …

What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about
policy design as well as in discussions about the right political institutions for a country. It …

As the numbers of older people rise in Europe, the importance of long-term care services in
terms of numbers of users and expenditures can be expected to grow. This article examines …

Scholarly interest in the Europeanization of social policy has witnessed an unprecedented
expansion in the past 15 years. This was probably due not only to the expansion of EU …