This work takes stock of how community membership is reshaping the legal environment of welfare provision across Europe. It provides a valuable collection of essays which explore the emergence of new models of social solidarity within the European Union. Table of Contents: Introduction by Michael Dougan and Eleanor Spaventa 1. The 'capability' concept and the evolution of European social policy by Simon Deakin 2. The Euro and the welfare state by Mica Panic 3. Privatisation of social welfare : European Union competition law rules by John Temple Lang 4. Aims, effects and justifications : EC state aid law and its impact on national social policies by Andrea Biondi and Luca Rubini 5. Healthcare as an economic service under EC law by Panos Koutrakos 6. Community competence to regulate medical services by Derrick Wyatt 7. Impact of European Union law on English healthcare law by Jonathan Montgomery 8. EU citizenship and the principle of solidarity by Catherine Barnard 9. 'Wish you weren't here ...' new models of social solidarity in the European Union by Michael Dougan and Eleanor Spaventa 10. EU law and education : promotion of student mobility versus protection of education systems by Anne Pieter van der Mei 11. Inclusion and exclusion of persons and benefits in the new co- ordination regulation by Frans Pennings 12. Between a rock and a soft place : internal market versus open co- ordination in EU social welfare law by Nick Bernard