Michael Dougan is Professor of European Law at the University of Liverpool.
Eleanor Spaventa is Professor of European Law at Durham University.

This book seeks to take stock of how Community membership is reshaping the legal environment of welfare provision across Europe.

Introduction
Michael Dougan and Eleanor Spaventa

1. The 'Capability' Concept and the Evolution of European Social Policy
Simon Deakin

2. The Euro and the Welfare State
Mica Panic

3. Privatisation of Social Welfare: European Union Competition Law Rules
John Temple Lang

4. Aims, Effects and Justifications: EC State Aid Law and Its Impact on National Social Policies
Andrea Biondi & Luca Rubini

5. Healthcare as an Economic Service under EC Law
Panos Koutrakos

6. Community Competence to Regulate Medical Services
Derrick Wyatt

7. Impact of European Union Law on English Healthcare Law
Jonathan Montgomery

8. EU Citizenship and the Principle of Solidarity
Catherine Barnard

9.'Wish You Weren't Here...' New Models of Social Solidarity in the European Union
Michael Dougan & Eleanor Spaventa

10. EU Law and Education: Promotion of Student Mobility versus Protection of Education Systems
Anne Pieter van der Mei

11. Inclusion and Exclusion of Persons and Benefits in the New Co-ordination Regulation
Frans Pennings

12. Between a Rock and a Soft Place: Internal Market versus Open Co-ordination in EU Social Welfare Law
Nick Bernard