Product DescriptionThis ambitious volume is the first book to present a comprehensive analysis of the domestic and external challenges to Europe's different welfare systems. Drawing on the very latest research, these world-class scholars examine the capacity of different systems to resolve fundamentalchallenges, such as demographic change and the rising cost of social protection, faced at the start of the 21st century.About the AuthorMaurizio Ferrera is a Professor of Politics, University of Milan. Anton Hemerijck is a Director, Dutch National Organization of Social Research. Martin Rhodes is a Professor of Public Policy, European University Institute, Florence.