In both Europe and America, the landscape of social policies has undergone fundamental changes in recent decades, especially in endeavors to develop new welfare arrangements. How does this affect citizenship-at-large as defined by the Marshallian triad of personal, democratic, and social rights?

Part I. General ; 1. Introduction: Marshall's Concept of Citizenship and Contemporary Welfare Reconfiguration ; Adalbert Evers and Anne-Marie Guillemard ; 2. Towards a Post-Marshallian Framework for the Analysis of Social Citizenship ; Hakan Johansson and Bjorn Hvinden ; 3. Changing Perspectives on Social Citizenship: A Cross-time Comparison ; Jane Jenson ; 4. Citizenship in the Enabling State: The Changing Balance of Rights and Obligations ; Neil Gilbert ; 5. To What Extent Can the European Union Deliver "Social Citizenship" to Its Citizens? ; Jean-Claude Barbier ; Part II. Country Cases: Western Europe ; 6. Social Citizenship in New Labour's New "Active" Welfare State: The Case of the United Kingdom ; Ruth Lister ; 7. Changes in Social Citizenship in France in a Comparative Perspective: "Activation Strategies" and Their Traces ; Jean-Claude Barbier ; 8. Italy: A Territorial and Generational Divide in Social Citizenship ; Valeria Fargion ; 9. A Fuzzy Picture. Social Citizenship in Post-corporatist Germany ; Ingo Bode ; 10. The Iron Law of Rights: Citizenship and Individual Empowerment in Modern Sweden ; Lars Tragardh and Lars Svedberg ; Part III. Country Cases: Eastern Europe ; 11. The Policy of Activation in the Czech Republic and Citizenship Rights ; Tomas Sirovatka ; 12. Fragmented Social Rights in Hungary's Post-communist Welfare State ; Julia Szalai ; 13. The Two Decades of Social Policy in Poland: From Protection to Activation of Citizens ; Marek Rymsza ; 14. Discourses on Social Rights in the Czech Republic ; Martin Potucek ; Part IV. Conclusions ; 15. Reconfiguring Welfare and Reshaping Citizenship ; Adalbert Evers and Anne-Marie Guillemard

"This volume brings a fresh and innovative perspective to the study of welfare state change. Social reforms are not seen as mere reactions to neo-liberal imperatives, but as attempts at establishing new patterns of rights and responsibilities in a context of changing risks, needs and life courses. The authors discuss the emergence of a 'post-Marshallian citizenship,' which-if appropriately cultivated-can inspire institutional innovation at both the national and EU level. The book is a must-read for all those interested in exploring the frontiers of contemporary social policy and its scientific analysis." -- Maurizio Ferrera, Professor of Social and Labor Market Policy, University of Milan "In a 1949 essay outlining the concepts of social citizenship that would dominate the post-WWII development of welfare states, T.H. Marshall noted that 'in the twentieth century, citizenship and the capitalist class system have been at war.' It's a war that has raged on into the 21st century. In Social Policy and Citizenship, Evers and Guillemard examine and extend Marshall's definition of social citizenship, while tracking the past three decades of battles in both western and eastern European nations. They analyze the 'social investment strategy' that was designed to augment the welfare state's system of compensation in labor markets, social services, and social security policies-and warn that, in a post-2008 global economy, it may backfire, and destroy what it was designed to augment." -- Stephan Leibfried, Professor of Public and Welfare Policy and Director of the Transformations of the State Research Center, University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen

Selling point: Debates the links between changing social policies and welfare concepts with respect to citizenship-at-large Selling point: Collects findings from a variety of countries, including experiences from post-socialist states Selling point: Utilizes the Marshallian conceptualization of citizenship Selling point: Formulates a thesis on a new international social policy agenda

Adalbert Evers, PhD, is Professor for Comparative Health and Social Policy at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. Anne-Marie Guillemard, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne.

Selling point: Debates the links between changing social policies and welfare concepts with respect to citizenship-at-large Selling point: Collects findings from a variety of countries, including experiences from post-socialist states Selling point: Utilizes the Marshallian conceptualization of citizenship Selling point: Formulates a thesis on a new international social policy agenda