Who's Afraid of the Welfare State Now? - Paperbackby Anton Hemerijck (Author), Manos Matsaganis (Author) This book primarily explores the welfare policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade, with a final chapter that focuses on Covid 19 welfare management. The 2008 crash marked a critical stress test for European welfare states with dramatic repercussions, including a massive surge in unemployment, a widening in wage and income