Routledge Handbook of European Welfare Systems

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Preface
Part 1 Introduction
	1 Reform pathways of European welfare systems: Analysing change and continuity in a broadened geographical and temporal perspective
Part 2 Country studies
	2 Austrification in welfare system change? An analysis of welfare system developments in Austria between 1998 and 2018
	3 Belgium’s welfare system: Still lagging after all these years
	4 The Bulgarian welfare system: Reforms and their effects on inequalities and vulnerable groups between 1997 and 2018
	5 The restructuring of the Cypriot welfare system: Will the new provision system prove to be a success?
	6 Hybridisation and diversification: Welfare system developments between 1993 and 2018 in the Czech Republic
	7 The German welfare system: The calm after the storm
	8 Denmark – a universal welfare system with restricted austerity
	9 The welfare system in Estonia: Between liberalism and solidarity
	10 The Spanish welfare system: Towards a new social and territorial pact?
	11 Still holding its breath: The Finnish welfare system under reform
	12 The recalibration of the French welfare system
	13 ‘Liberalising’ social protection amid austerity in Greece
	14 The Croatian welfare system: A lack of coherent policy paradigm followed by inconsistent policy reforms?
	15 Pathway to a punitive workfare system: Hungary
	16 The welfare system in Ireland over the last 20 years
	17 The Italian welfare system: An incomplete transition?
	18 The Lithuanian welfare system over the last 20 years of democratic transition: Achievements, challenges, and future prospects
	19 Changes in Luxembourg’s welfare system (1998–2018): Coalition governments and Europeanisation as major driving forces
	20 Social policy reforms in Latvia: Shift towards individual responsibility of welfare
	21 The Maltese welfare system: Hybrid wine in rightist bottles? With two-sided labels?
	22 The Dutch participatory state: Shift from a welfare system of collective solidarity towards individual responsibility in a participatory society
	23 Politics of welfare: The Polish welfare system in the first decades of the 21st century
	24 The Portuguese welfare system: A late European welfare system under permanent stress
	25 The Romanian welfare system: From the shadow of equality to the dazzle of dualisation
	26 The Swedish welfare system: The neoliberal turn and most recent struggles over decentralised top-down re-regulation
	27 Restructuring the Slovenian welfare system: Between economic pressures and future challenges
	28 The Slovak welfare system: From turbulent times to stability
	29 The United Kingdom: New devolved welfare systems in Britain
Part 3 EU social policy and comparative perspectives
	30 European Union social policy: Facing deepening economic integration and demand for a more social Europe with continuity and cautiousness
	31 The development of welfare state spending in the EU, 1995–2015: A quantitative comparative analysis
	32 Landscapes in motion: Welfare system reform in 28 European countries, 1998–2018