Contents of this Special Issue of the Comparative European Politics are:
+ Introduction: The sovereign debt crisis, the EU and welfare state reform
Elke Heins and Caroline de la Porte
+ A new era of European Integration? Governance of labour market and social policy since the sovereign debt crisis
Caroline de la Porte and Elke Heins
+ National social and labour market policy reforms in the shadow of EU bail-out conditionality: The cases of Greece and Portugal
Sotiria Theodoropoulou
+ From austerity to permanent strain? The EU and welfare state reform in Italy and Spain
Emmanuele Pavolini, Margarita León, Ana M Guillén and Ugo Ascoli
+ Conditionality by other means: EU involvement in Italy’s structural reforms in the sovereign debt crisis
Stefano Sacchi
+ ‘Pushing against an open door’: Reinforcing the neo-liberal policy paradigm in Ireland and the impact of EU intrusion
Fiona Dukelow
+ Still the sound of silence? Towards a new phase in the Europeanisation of welfare state policies in France
Patrick Hassenteufel and Bruno Palier
+ A framework for social investment strategies: Integrating generational, life course and gender perspectives in the EU social investment strategy
Jon Kvist
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