At a time when the future of the welfare state is the object of heated debate in many European countries, this edited collection explores the relationship betwe

This book breaks new intellectual ground in the analysis of the German welfare state. Bleses and Seeleib-Kaiser argue that we are witnessing a dual transformati

Using an analytical framework based on Foucault's concept of governmentality and through unique case-studies, this volume explores the ongoing transformations t

This open access edited book investigates European social rights in practice from socio-legal perspectives. It brings together fourteen socio-legal scholars, re

This book focuses on developments in the welfare states of the ten Central and Eastern European EU member states in the transformation process some 20 years aft