Sticking Together or Falling Apart

1.      Individualization, globalization and solidarity

2.      Taking care of each other – Trends in solidarity

3.      Altruism or self-interest? – Solidarity and the welfare state

4.      Falling apart? – The many meanings of individualization

5.      Independent yet solidary – The impact of individualization on solidarity

6.      A borderless world? – Developments in globalization, 1970-2005

Threats and opportunities – The impact of globalization on the welfare state

7.      Globalization versus localisation – The relationship between openness and solidarity

8.      Myths and facts – Pressures on the welfare state

9.      Between community care and European welfare state – Policy alternatives for the national welfare state