Governing the Welfare Commons: On Europe's Social Investment Turn

European welfare states are comprehensive, fostering solidarity across generations, promoting income redistribution, balancing gendered labour market and life course transitions, whilst providing safeguards against economic shocks.In an era of rapid socioeconomic restructuring, policymakers face constant pressures to reform their welfare systems in response to evolving fiscal, political, social and demographic realities.The welfare state debate has shifted from the question of 'how much?' welfare can be afforded to the question of 'what kind?' of welfare mix should be supported, away from big spending programmes towards more service-oriented support structures. Governing the Welfare Commons offers a comprehensive analysis of the policy transformation across Europe's diverse welfare states since 2000.It examines the manner, timing, and extent to which ongoing welfare transformations are heading into the direction of social investment and explores key developments in social policy, inclu