Inhalt: 1. Die historische Ausgangslage (Weidenfeld, Werner: Europa - aber wo liegt es? - Schulze, Hagen: Nation und Nationalstaat im Wandel) . - 2. Die Staatenwelt in Europa (Woyke, Wichard: Belgien, die Niederlande und Luxemburg. - Gros, Jürgen: Bundesrepublik Deutschland. - Menudier, Henri:...

"Published ten years after the first edition, this new handbook offers topical, and comprehensive information on the welfare systems of all twenty-eight EU member states and their recent reforms, giving the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative welfare research. Additional...

European welfare systems : current state of research and some theoretical considerations -- Welfare state development in Austria : strong traditions meet new challenges -- Belgium : the quest for sustainability, legitimacy, and a way out of "welfare without work" -- Impact of the reforms of the...