Social Policy and EU Polity-Building Through Crises and Beyond

This volume sets out to explain the conditions that have favoured the expansion of the European social dimension during the turbulent decade of 2010-20, when Europe was confronting strong countervailing pressures, including the euro crisis, the refugee crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anna Kyriazi is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan in the context of the SOLID project. She holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute. Her research interests include comparative ethnicity and nationalism, migration, and political communication, with a particular emphasis on Eastern and Southern Europe.

Joan Miró is Assistant Professor in EU Politics and Policy at Pompeu Fabra University. His research interests lie in European integration, particularly the socioeconomic governance of the EMU, social policy, and international political economy.

Marcello Natili is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Milan and a member of the ESPAN - Expert Network for Analytical Support in Social Policies. His research interests are in the field of comparative welfare states analysis, and include labour market and social inclusion policies, European social governance, eco-social policy and politics, and the Southern European model of welfare capitalism.

Stefano Ronchi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social and Political Science of the University of Milan. His research interests include comparative welfare state analysis, labour market policies and the politics of EU social policy.