Labour market policies in the era of European pervasive austerity: a review ~ Sotiria Theodoropoulou Structural reforms in Europe: a comparative overview ~ Chiara Agostini and David Natali Income support policies and labour market reforms under austerity in Greece ~ Manos Matsaganis The Italian labour market policy reforms and the economic crisis: coming towards the end of Italian exceptionalism? ~ Patrik Vesan and Emmanuele Pavolini French employment market policies: dualisation and destabilisation ~ Hélène Caune and Sotiria Theodoropoulou The German exception: welfare protectionism instead of retrenchment ~ Werner Eichhorst and Anke Hassel The Netherlands and the crisis: from activation to ‘deficiency compensation’ ~ Marcel Hoogenboom Dualising the Swedish model: Insiders and outsiders and labour market policy reform in Sweden: an overview ~ Johan Bo Davidsson No longer ‘fit for purpose’? Consolidation and catch-up in Irish labour market policy ~ Fiona Dukelow Retrenchment, conditionality and flexibility: UK labour market policies in the era of austerity ~ Elke Heins and Hayley Bennett Czechia: political experimentation or incremental reforms? ~ Tomáš Sirovátka Slovakia: perpetual austerity and growing emphasis on activation ~ Stefan Domonkos Slovenian labour market policies under austerity: narrowing the gap between the well- and the less well-protected in the labour market? ~ Miroljub Ignjatović and Maša Filipovič Hrast Conclusions ~ Sotiria Theodoropoulou

"This edited volume provides the most exhaustive and systematic analysis of labour market policy reforms in Western and Eastern European countries during and after the 2007-08 financial crisis" Tim Vlandas, Associate Professor in Comparative Political Economy, University of Reading

Publishing rationale • Wide ranging coverage of 11 European country case studies. • Includes leading experts as contributors. • Enables comparisons across European countries. • The competition does not include such a large number of countries. Unique selling point: The unique selling point is the detailed national case studies and the leading experts who write these studies.