Anton Hemerijck is Professor of Political Science, European University Institute, Florence, and Centennial Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

[The book] is an open, honest debate about the difficulties of reforming the welfare state to deal with new risks posed by demographic and economic changes of the 21st century, and find a path between the two worse alternatives of knee-jerk austerity and the rising spectre of welfare chauvinism

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION; PART 2: LIMITS TO SOCIAL INVESTMENT; PART 3: SOCIAL INVESTMENT ENDOWMENT AND EXTENSIONS; PART 4: SOCIAL INVESTMENT ASSESSMENT: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND METHODS; PART 5: COMPARATIVE SOCIAL INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE; PART 6: EU SOCIAL INVESTMENT ADVOCACY; PART 7: THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL INVESTMENT; PART 8: CONCLUSION

Anton Hemerijck is Professor of Political Science, European University Institute, Florence, and Centennial Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

[The book] is an open, honest debate about the difficulties of reforming the welfare state to deal with new risks posed by demographic and economic changes of the 21st century, and find a path between the two worse alternatives of knee-jerk austerity and the rising spectre of welfare chauvinism

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION; PART 2: LIMITS TO SOCIAL INVESTMENT; PART 3: SOCIAL INVESTMENT ENDOWMENT AND EXTENSIONS; PART 4: SOCIAL INVESTMENT ASSESSMENT: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND METHODS; PART 5: COMPARATIVE SOCIAL INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE; PART 6: EU SOCIAL INVESTMENT ADVOCACY; PART 7: THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL INVESTMENT; PART 8: CONCLUSION

Anton Hemerijck is Professor of Political Science, European University Institute, Florence, and Centennial Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

[The book] is an open, honest debate about the difficulties of reforming the welfare state to deal with new risks posed by demographic and economic changes of the 21st century, and find a path between the two worse alternatives of knee-jerk austerity and the rising spectre of welfare chauvinism

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION; PART 2: LIMITS TO SOCIAL INVESTMENT; PART 3: SOCIAL INVESTMENT ENDOWMENT AND EXTENSIONS; PART 4: SOCIAL INVESTMENT ASSESSMENT: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND METHODS; PART 5: COMPARATIVE SOCIAL INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE; PART 6: EU SOCIAL INVESTMENT ADVOCACY; PART 7: THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL INVESTMENT; PART 8: CONCLUSION