Who's afraid of the welfare state now?

This book primarily explores the welfare-policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade, with a final chapter that focuses on Covid-19 welfare management. It shows that the future of work and welfare can be shaped to provide inclusive social security and to fight poverty and inequality.

This text primarily explores the welfare-policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade, with a final chapter that focuses on Covid-19 welfare management. It shows that the future of work and welfare can be shaped to provide inclusive social security and to fight poverty and inequality.