Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; 1 Exploring the territorial politics of welfare; 2 Devolution and the preservation of the United Kingdom welfare state; 3 Welfare management in the German federal system: The emergence of welfare regions?; 4 Territorial politics and welfare development in France; 5 Spain: From state welfare to regional welfare?; 6 From the southern to the northern question: Territorial and social politics in Italy; 7 The preservation of social security as a national function in the Belgian federal state.