Chapter 1 Introduction: Is the European Union More Involved in Welfare State Reform Following the Sovereign Debt Crisis?

Chapter 2 A New Era of European Integration? Governance of Labour Market and Social Policy Since the Sovereign Debt Crisis

Chapter 3 A Framework for Social Investment Strategies: Integrating Generational, Life Course and Gender Perspectives in the EU Social Investment Strategy

Chapter 4 ‘Pushing Against an Open Door’: Reinforcing the Neo-liberal Policy Paradigm in Ireland and the Impact of EU Intrusion

Chapter 5 National Social and Labour Market Policy Reforms in the Shadow of EU Bailout Conditionality: The Cases of Greece and Portugal

Chapter 6 From Austerity to Permanent Strain? The European Union and Welfare State Reform in Italy and Spain

Chapter 7 Conditionality by Other Means: European Union Involvement in Italy’s Structural Reforms in the Sovereign Debt Crisis

Chapter 9 Depleted European Social Models Following the Crisis: Towards a Brighter Future?