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In this first analytical monograph on the subject, George Katrougalos and Gabriella Lazaridis examine the social welfare state of the main four Southern European countries, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece. They conduct an overall system analysis of the welfare state in Southern Europe which challenges the prevalent Ferrera model. Additionally, they present a detailed outlook of policies adopted in the fields of employment, migration, health, social security, pensions and gender-family issues.

GEORGE KATROUGALOS is an Associate Professor at the University of Thrace, Greece, a constitutional lawyer and Research Fellow and Member of the Board of the Centre of European Constitutional Law. His main areas of specialization are social policy and social rights, comparative constitutional law, institutional building and human rights.

GABRIELLA LAZARIDIS is Lecturer in European and Gender Studies at the Department of Geography, University of Dundee. She has been elected member of the European Sociological Association's executive and has extensively published in the fields of migration in Europe and the implementation of European policies in Southern Europe.