“Bent Greve’s Handbook provides a timely, and typically thorough, account of key challenges faced by contemporary welfare regimes and policy makers’ varied responses. The De Gruyter Handbook of Contemporary Welfare States will prove an invaluable resource for students, researchers and other stakeholders with an interest in the future of the welfare state.”Colin Lindsay, University of Strathclyde “This impressive book covers research methods, issues and avenues for the future of contemporary welfare states. It offers an excellent, well-balanced introduction into the complexity of welfare state change in turbulent times.”Bea Cantillon, University of Antwerp