This book offers a much-needed analysis of how the European Union (EU) has affected welfare state reforms in the Member States most severely hit by the 2008 eco

This book provides the first comprehensive analyses of the challenges all European welfare systems have been facing since 2007, combining in-depth country-based

A tension between (richer) contributing Member States and (poorer) recipient Member States has always characterised the history of the budget of the European Un

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This book examines the specific reforms in social protection that took place during the European financial crisis, while embedding them in a broader human right