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Faced with budget problems and an aging population, European governments in recent years have begun reconsidering the structure and extent of the welfare state. Guarantees and directives have given way to responsibilities and choice. This volume analyzes the effect of this change on the citizens of Germany, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. It traces the emergence of new discourses around social movements for greater independence, power, and control, and the way these discourses serve to reframe the struggle at hand. Making use of ethnographic research and policy analysis, the authors analyze the cultural transition, tensions, and trajectory of this call toward active citizenship.

Welfare state --- Public welfare --- Social welfare --- Politics --- HB 846 Welfare theory - General works --- Politics and culture --- Burgerschap / gtt. --- Verzorgingsstaat / gtt. --- Citizen participation. --- History --- Europe, Western -- Social policy -- Citizen participation. --- Politics and culture -- Europe -- Citizen participation. --- Welfare state -- Europe, Western -- History -- 21st century. --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Social Conditions --- Citizen participation --- Burgerschap. --- Verzorgingsstaat. --- Europe, Western --- Social policy --- State, Welfare --- Culture --- Culture and politics --- Political aspects --- West Europe --- Western Europe --- Economic policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- Community organization