Includes bibliographical references.

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 welfare state in Bulgaria after 1989 on stratification, solidarity, and integration of groups at risk -- Between economic constraints and popular entrenchment : the development of the Danish welfare 1982 to 2005 -- Inequalities and deficiencies in social protection : the welfare system of Greece -- The Italian welfare state (still) in transition : the progressive recalibration of social programmes and greater flexibility of labour market policies -- The Maltese welfare state : hybrid wine in rightist bottles (with leftist labels) -- The Portuguese welfare system : from a corporative regime to a European welfare state -- The Slovak welfare system : neo-liberal nightmare or welfare pioneer of Middle-Eastern Europe? -- European welfare systems : diversity beyond existing categories -- Politically limited pluralism as European identity : European welfare systems.

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