Taking a comparative perspective, this book casts new light on the changing inequalities in Europe.

Equality and the Nordic welfare model: principles, pressures and perspectives ~ Jon Kvist, Johan Fritzell, Bjorn Hvinden and Olli Kangas; Anti-immigration attitudes, support for redistribution, and party choice in Europe ~ Henning Finseraas; Do we all (dis)like the same welfare state? Configurations of public support for the welfare state in comparative perspective ~ Mads Meier Jager; Eroding minimum income protection in the Nordic countries ~ Susan Kuivalainen and Kenneth Nelson; Equality in the social service state: Nordic childcare models in comparative perspective ~ Gabrielle Meagher and Marta Szebehely; Welfare State Institutions, Unemployment and Poverty: Comparative study on changes in labour market and income status in 15 European countries ~ M. Azhar Hussain, Olli Kangas & Jon Kvist; Social inequalities in health: The Nordic welfare state in comparative context ~ Clare Bambra; Income inequality and poverty: do the Nordic countries still constitute a family of their own? ~ Johan Fritzell, Olof Backman and Veli-Matti Ritakallio; Does immigration challange the economic sustainability of the Nordis welfare model? ~ Christer Gerdes and Eskil Wadensjo; Nordic responses to rising inequalities ~ Jon Kvist, Bjorn Hvinden and Olli Kangas.