Mobilizing for Welfare in Europe: The Unpolitical Politics of Social Action, 1870s-1990s

An engaging collection of 20 primary sources that provide insights into different approaches to social welfare from around Europe in the long twentieth century, focusing particularly on marginalized groups.

Laura Lee Downs is Directrice d’études at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France, and Professor of History at the European University Institute, Italy.

Clarisse Berthezène is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Paris, France.

Dominika Gruziel is Senior Researcher in the ERC project ＂Social politics in European borderlands, 1870s-1990s: a comparative and transnational study＂ at the European University Institute, Italy.

Efi Avdela is Professor Emerita of the University of Crete, Greece.

Dimitra Lampropoulou is Assistant Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.