Restructuring the Welfare State: Introduction -- I. The Welfare State Under Siege in Western Europe -- 1. Is the British Welfare System Sustainable? -- 2. Is the Welfare System of the Netherlands Sustainable? -- 3. Is the German Welfare State Sustainable? -- II. The Social Security System in the East Central European Nations of Transition and in Japan -- 4. The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Transition of the Welfare States in Central and Eastern Europe -- 5. The Social Security System in Japan -- III. The Rise of the Welfare State in History and Theory -- 6. State and Citizenship in the Age of Globalisation -- Origins of the ?Social State? in German Philosophy and ?Staatswissenschaft? -- IV. Current Problems of the Welfare State -- 8. Do Welfare Obligations End at the Boundaries of the Nation State? -- 9. Meeting Needs Versus Respecting Autonomy Dilemmas of the Welfare State -- 10. Forward to the Nineteenth Century: Has Growing Old Gracefully Become a Luxury? -- 11. The Unpaid Work of Mothers and Housewives in the Different Types of Welfare States -- 12. Social Rights in a Gender Perspective -- 13. Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? -- PartV. Theory and Critique of the Welfare State -- 14. The Justification of Welfare Rights -- 15. Risk, Justice and Social Policies -- 16. Sweden: Towards a 21st Century Post-Modern People's Home? -- 17. The Social State in the Post-Modern -- Conclusion -- 18. On the Moral Foundations of the Welfare State Three Research Programmes -- About the Authors -- Index of Names.