Maria Petmesidou is Professor of Social Policy at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. She is a fellow of Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and the International Social Science Council.Ana Marta Guillén is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain. She is co-chair of Espanet-Spain.

• 1. Can the Welfare State as We Know It Survive? A View from the Crisis-Ridden South European Periphery 2. Reassessing South-European Pensions after the Crisis: Evidence from two Decades of Reforms 3. South European Healthcare Systems under Harsh Austerity: A Progress-Regression Mix? 4. ‘Social Investment’ or back to ‘Familism’: The impact of the Economic Crisis on Family and Care Policies in Italy and Spain 5. Welfare Performance in Southern Europe: Employment Crisis and Poverty Risk 6. The Distributional Impact of Austerity and the Recession in Southern Europe

Maria Petmesidou is Professor of Social Policy at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. She is a fellow of Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and the International Social Science Council.Ana Marta Guillén is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain. She is co-chair of Espanet-Spain.

• 1. Can the Welfare State as We Know It Survive? A View from the Crisis-Ridden South European Periphery 2. Reassessing South-European Pensions after the Crisis: Evidence from two Decades of Reforms 3. South European Healthcare Systems under Harsh Austerity: A Progress-Regression Mix? 4. ‘Social Investment’ or back to ‘Familism’: The impact of the Economic Crisis on Family and Care Policies in Italy and Spain 5. Welfare Performance in Southern Europe: Employment Crisis and Poverty Risk 6. The Distributional Impact of Austerity and the Recession in Southern Europe

Maria Petmesidou is Professor of Social Policy at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. She is a fellow of Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and the International Social Science Council.Ana Marta Guillén is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain. She is co-chair of Espanet-Spain.

• 1. Can the Welfare State as We Know It Survive? A View from the Crisis-Ridden South European Periphery 2. Reassessing South-European Pensions after the Crisis: Evidence from two Decades of Reforms 3. South European Healthcare Systems under Harsh Austerity: A Progress-Regression Mix? 4. ‘Social Investment’ or back to ‘Familism’: The impact of the Economic Crisis on Family and Care Policies in Italy and Spain 5. Welfare Performance in Southern Europe: Employment Crisis and Poverty Risk 6. The Distributional Impact of Austerity and the Recession in Southern Europe