This volume presents a new perspective for discussing the European social contract and its main challenges, bringing together single-nation and comparative stud

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the impact of the crisis and austerity policies on all elements of the European S

This volume presents a new perspective for discussing the European social contract and its main challenges, bringing together single-nation and comparative stud

This timely book critically examines the European Social Model as a contested concept and concrete set of European welfare and governance arrangements. It offer