Published ten years after the first edition, this new Handbook offers topical, and comprehensive information on the welfare systems of all 28 EU member states a

The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State is the authoritative and definitive guide to the contemporary welfare state. In a volume consisting of nearly fifty new

Forty-five contributions from renowned international specialists in the field provide readers with expert analysis of the core issues related to the welfare sta

This book provides the first comprehensive information and detailed data on the welfare systems of all twenty-seven EU member states and offers the reader an in