Edited by Dominique Anxo, Linnaeus University, Sweden, Gerhard Bosch, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and Jill Rubery, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

• Contents:1. Shaping the Life Course: A European PerspectiveDominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch and Jill Rubery2. The UK Welfare State: More than Residual but Still InsufficientJill Rubery3. Towards an Active and Integrated Life Course Policy: The Swedish ExperienceDominique Anxo4. From the Breadwinner Model to ‘Bricolage’: Germany in Search of a New Life Course ModelGerhard Bosch and Andreas Jansen5. Transitions in Female and Male Life Course: Changes and Continuities in AustriaIngrid Mairhuber6. Life Course Transitions in Hungary Before and After the Societal TransformationZsolt Spéder, Balázs Kapitány and László Neumann7. From Selective Exclusion Towards Activation: A Life Course Perspective on the French Social ModelChristine Erhel, Léa Lima and Chantal Nicole-Drancourt8. ‘La Grande Illusion’: How Italy’s ‘American Dream’ Turned SourAnnamaria Simonazzi and Paola Villa9. Life Stage Transitions and the Still-Critical Role of the Family in GreeceMaria Karamessini10. The Uncertain Path from the Mediterranean Welfare Model in SpainFausto Miguélez and Albert RecioIndex

‘This book offers, in an extremely clear and easily read manner, knowledge about the state of welfare in large parts of Europe; how systems have been developed and shaped in the various countries to provide support in different life phases. The book is well suited for social science students in general, and for students of social work, sociology and economics in particular.’

Edited by Dominique Anxo, Linnaeus University, Sweden, Gerhard Bosch, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and Jill Rubery, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

• Contents:1. Shaping the Life Course: A European PerspectiveDominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch and Jill Rubery2. The UK Welfare State: More than Residual but Still InsufficientJill Rubery3. Towards an Active and Integrated Life Course Policy: The Swedish ExperienceDominique Anxo4. From the Breadwinner Model to ‘Bricolage’: Germany in Search of a New Life Course ModelGerhard Bosch and Andreas Jansen5. Transitions in Female and Male Life Course: Changes and Continuities in AustriaIngrid Mairhuber6. Life Course Transitions in Hungary Before and After the Societal TransformationZsolt Spéder, Balázs Kapitány and László Neumann7. From Selective Exclusion Towards Activation: A Life Course Perspective on the French Social ModelChristine Erhel, Léa Lima and Chantal Nicole-Drancourt8. ‘La Grande Illusion’: How Italy’s ‘American Dream’ Turned SourAnnamaria Simonazzi and Paola Villa9. Life Stage Transitions and the Still-Critical Role of the Family in GreeceMaria Karamessini10. The Uncertain Path from the Mediterranean Welfare Model in SpainFausto Miguélez and Albert RecioIndex

‘This book offers, in an extremely clear and easily read manner, knowledge about the state of welfare in large parts of Europe; how systems have been developed and shaped in the various countries to provide support in different life phases. The book is well suited for social science students in general, and for students of social work, sociology and economics in particular.’

Edited by Dominique Anxo, Linnaeus University, Sweden, Gerhard Bosch, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and Jill Rubery, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

• Contents:1. Shaping the Life Course: A European PerspectiveDominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch and Jill Rubery2. The UK Welfare State: More than Residual but Still InsufficientJill Rubery3. Towards an Active and Integrated Life Course Policy: The Swedish ExperienceDominique Anxo4. From the Breadwinner Model to ‘Bricolage’: Germany in Search of a New Life Course ModelGerhard Bosch and Andreas Jansen5. Transitions in Female and Male Life Course: Changes and Continuities in AustriaIngrid Mairhuber6. Life Course Transitions in Hungary Before and After the Societal TransformationZsolt Spéder, Balázs Kapitány and László Neumann7. From Selective Exclusion Towards Activation: A Life Course Perspective on the French Social ModelChristine Erhel, Léa Lima and Chantal Nicole-Drancourt8. ‘La Grande Illusion’: How Italy’s ‘American Dream’ Turned SourAnnamaria Simonazzi and Paola Villa9. Life Stage Transitions and the Still-Critical Role of the Family in GreeceMaria Karamessini10. The Uncertain Path from the Mediterranean Welfare Model in SpainFausto Miguélez and Albert RecioIndex

‘This book offers, in an extremely clear and easily read manner, knowledge about the state of welfare in large parts of Europe; how systems have been developed and shaped in the various countries to provide support in different life phases. The book is well suited for social science students in general, and for students of social work, sociology and economics in particular.’