Sovereign Debt Crisis, the EU and Welfare State Reform

Caroline de la Porte is Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Elke Heins is Lecturer in Social Policy at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK.

“This well-edited book provides a useful and thorough analysis as well as a base for further investigation of the EU policies on member countries’ welfare state reforms in the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. … This book provides a timely and valuable contributions on the impact of EU policies and measures on the welfare states of the crisis-ridden member countries.” (Nazimudeen Saleem, Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 47 (4), October, 2018)

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Is the EU more involved in welfare state reform following the sovereign debt crisis?; Caroline de la Porte and Elke Heins.- Chapter 2. A new era of European Integration? Governance of labour market and social policy since the sovereign debt crisis; Caroline de la Porte and Elke Heins.- Chapter 3. A framework for social investment strategies: Integrating generational, life course and gender perspectives in the EU social investment strategy; Jon Kvist.- Chapter 4. ‘Pushing against and open door’: Reinforcing the neo-liberal policy paradigm in Ireland and the impact of EU intrusion; Fiona Dukelow.- Chapter 5. National social and labour market policy reforms in the shadow of EU bailout conditionality: The cases of Greece and Portugal; Sotiria Theodoropoulou.- Chapter 6. From austerity to permanent strain? The EU and welfare state reform in Italy and Spain; Emmanuele Pavolini, Margarita León, Ana M. Guillén and Ugo Ascoli.- Chapter 7. Conditionality by other means: EU involvement in Italy’s structural reforms in the sovereign debt crisis; Stefano Sacchi.- Chapter 8. Still the sound of silence? Towards a new phase in the Europeanization of welfare state policies in France; Patrick Hassenteufel and Bruno Palier.- Chapter 9. Depleted European social models following the crisis: Towards a brighter future?; Elke Heins and Caroline de la Porte