Europe and the United States confront common challenges in responding to the transformations of work and welfare in the 'new economy', and there are signs of far-reaching changes in the role of government as a direct result. This volume presents the latest research by a team of outstanding international contributors. Parts One and Two examine new approaches to the governance of work and welfare in the EU and the US respectively; and Part Three surveys emergent trends and reflects on future possibilities.

• 1: Jonathan Zeitlin: Introduction: Governing Work and Welfare in a New Economy: European and American Experiments


• Part 1: Experimenting with the Work-Welfare Nexus: The European Union


• 2: David M. Trubek and James Mosher: New Governance, Employment Policy, and the European Social Model


• 3: Janine Goetschy: The European Employment Strategy, Multi-level Governance, and Policy Coordination


• 4: Maurizio Ferrera and Anton Hermerijck: Recalibrating Europe's Welfare Regimes


• 5: Martin Rhodes: National 'Pacts' and EU Governance in Social Policy and the Labor Market


• 6: Ida Regalia: Decentralizing Employment Protection in Europe: Territorial Pacts and Beyond


• 7: Adalbert Evers: Local Labor Market Policies and Social Integration in Europe: Potential and Pitfalls of Integrated Partnership Approaches


• Part 2: Experimenting with the Work-Welfare Nexus: The United States


• 8: Joel Handler: US Welfare Reform: The Big Experiment


• 9: Paul Osterman: Organizing the US Labor Market: National Problems, Community Strategies


• 10: Laura Dresser and Joel Rogers: Part of the Solution: Emerging Workforce Intermediaries in the United States


• 11: Louise Trubek: Health Care and Low-wage Work in the United States: Linking Local Action for Expanded Coverage


• Part 3: Governing Work and Welfare in a New Economy: Emergent Patterns and Future Possibilities


• 12: Robert Salais: Work and Welfare: Toward a Capability Approach


• 13: Joshua Cohen and Charles Sabel: Sovreignty and Solidarity: The EU and the US


• 14: Alain Supiot: Governing Work and Welfare in a Global Economy

Jonanthan Zeitlin is Professor of History, Sociology, and Industrial Relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also a co-director of the European Union Center. He has been a consultant on industrial and labour market policy for the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and the Greater London Council.
David M. Trubek is Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is a co-director of the European Union Center. Previously he was Dean of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.