Since the mid-1990s European welfare states have undergone a major transformation.
Relative to the post-war years, today they put less emphasis on income protection and more …

This distinctive book highlights the comparative transversal and national issues of multi-level
governance in social welfare policies. The author reports on three particular policy areas …

Economic globalization, demographic ageing, and changing household/family structures
confront European employment and welfare regimes with new challenges. Hence national …

The literature addressing attitudes about social policy and the welfare state has been telling
us for decades that welfare interventions are supported by those individuals who benefit …

The article deals with the differential domestic employment policy adaptation to the
European Employment Strategy that occurred over the past years in two European countries …

There are competing theoretical expectations and conflicting empirical results concerning
the impact of partisanship on spending on active labour market policies (ALMPs). This paper …

Triantafillou analyzes the changing ways of governing the public sector and the ways in
which public organizations have become the target of interventions seeking to improve their …

Résumé Depuis plus de 10 ans, les réformes de l'activation de la protection sociale ont pris
une grande ampleur dans tous les pays. Quand on en fait le bilan, on peut comprendre leurs …

Purpose–The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between the emerging
European activation policies and the evolution of domestic activation policies and its …

Detailed examination of the territorial and governance dimensions of contemporary welfare
reforms in the United States and Europe. Until recently, studies of changes in the welfare …