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1. Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe

   Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal

   Edited by Maurizio Ferrera

   Series: Routledge/EUI Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

   This new study delivers a detailed analysis of the efforts being made to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. After an initial discussion of the 'southern model' of the welfare state, the situation of each country is clearly illustrated. This book also...

   Published June 9th 2008 by Routledge
2. Welfare States and the Challenge of Unemployment

   Edited by Jochen Clasen, Maurizio Ferrera, Martin Rhodes

   Series: Routledge/EUI Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

   This new book provides a systematic analysis of the changing profile of unemployment benefit systems across twelve European countries. It explores the reasons for those changes and assesses their consequences - both for the nature of the systems and for the policy outcomes in terms of unemployment...

   Published December 14th 2004 by Routledge
3. Recasting European Welfare States

   Edited by Maurizio Ferrera, Martin Rhodes

   This volume presents research on the recasting of European welfare states from the European Forum on Welfare at the European University Institute in Florence. The chapters include both comparative analyses of topical issues, and in-depth studies of changes in the major European countries....

   Published May 30th 2000 by Routledge