This book, based on brand new data from a major study and long-standing collaboration between a number of prominent European scholars, provides a fresh perspective on the future of the welfare state across the EU. Through detailed case-study analysis, it analyses the emergence of new social risks alongside traditional needs. Contents 1 Peter Taylor-Gooby: New Risks and Social Change 2 Andreas Aust and Frank Boenker: New Risks in a Conservative Welfare State: The Case of Germany 3 Bruno Palier and Christelle Mandin: France: A New World of Welfare for New Social Risks? 4 Virpi Timonen: New Risks - Are They Still New for the Nordic Welfare States? 5 Peter Taylor-Gooby and Trine Pernille Larsen: The UK: A Test-Case of a Liberal Welfare State 6 Luis Moreno: Spain's Response to New Risks: A Farewell to 'Superwomen' 7 Giuliano Bonoli: Switzerland: Negotiating a new Welfare State in a Fragmented Political System 8 Trine Larsen and Peter Taylor-Gooby: New Risks at the EU level: A Spill-over from Open Market Policies? 9 Peter Taylor-Gooby: New Social Risks and Welfare States: New Paradigm and New Politics