Preface PART 1: GLOBALIZATION CHALLENGES Challenges and Change: Issues and Perspectives in the Analysis of Globalization and the European Welfare States B.Palier and R.Sykes Globalization and Welfare States J.Clarke Globalization, Economic Change and the Welfare State: the 'Vexatious Inquisition of Taxation'? C.Hay International Organizations, the EU and Global Social Policy B.Deacon PART 2: EUROPEAN WELFARE STATE CHANGES Globalization and the Bismarckian Welfare States M.Daly Globalization and the Southern Welfare States A.Guillen and S.Alvarez Welfare and 'Ill-fare' Systems in Central-Eastern Europe Z.Ferge Globalization and the Nordic Welfare States P.Kosonen Globalization and the Liberal Welfare States N.Ginsburg CONCLUSION Globalization and the European Welfare States: Evaluating the Theories and Evidence P.Prior and R.Sykes Bibliography Index