Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the question regarding how the similar
implementation traditions in two countries (Czech Republic and Italy) have influenced the …

La littérature récente sur les transformations des systèmes de protection sociale amontré
que l'Union européenne est une variable importante à prendre en compte afin de …

The Eurozone crisis and the indecision of the EU leaders to move towards a concrete and
long-lasting solution have raised once more the discussion about the future of the European …

The Italian welfare state has traditionally been characterized by extensive protection of the
workers and insiders, and very limited provisions in terms of security or employment …

In October 2010, the pension debate in Italy suddenly took on a new urgency when the
president of INPS–the National Social Insurance Institute–stated that 'if projections of future …

When observed in comparative perspective, until the early-1990s the Italian welfare state
was clearly an outlier, characterized by an unbalanced allocation of resources among …

Although I taly and P ortugal are considered to be part of the same welfare state family–the S
outhern E uropean one–analysis of a key component of the welfare state, namely …

In der gegenwärtigen Krise zeigen sich einmal mehr widersprüchliche Trends der
europäischen Integration: Während einerseits eine Intergouvernementalisierung und …

This chapter explores the extent to which long-term unemployment can lead to social
exclusion, paying particular attention to the role of material deprivation. Drawing on …

In a post-industrial world in which employment is increasingly 'non-standard', the tying of
benefit access to standard employment history in insurance-style programmes has created …