GEORGE KATROUGALOS is an Associate Professor at the University of Thrace, Greece, a constitutional lawyer and Research Fellow and Member of the Board of the Centre of European Constitutional Law. His main areas of specialization are social policy and social rights, comparative constitutional law, institutional building and human rights. - GABRIELLA LAZARIDIS is Lecturer in European and Gender Studies at the Department of Geography, University of Dundee. She has been elected member of the European Sociological Association's executive and has extensively published in the fields of migration in Europe and the implementation of European policies in Southern Europe.

• List of Tables List of Figures Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction The Southern Welfare States in the European Context The Carrot and the Stick: Employment, Unemployment and Labour Market Policies Gender Inequalities, Family and Social Welfare: Continuity and Change Social Security: Pensions and Social Minima National Health Systems: An Originality of the South? Migration into Southern Europe: Some Reflections on Policy Implications Concluding Considerations: Are Southerners Becoming More European than Southern? Bibliography Index