The Times They Are Changing?: Crisis and the Welfare State -- CONTENTS -- Editorial Introduction: Overview and Conclusion -- 1: To What Extent Did the Financial Crisis Intensify the Pressure to Reform the Welfare State? -- 2: Falling Back on Old Habits? A Comparison of the Social and Unemployment Crisis Reactive Policy Strategies in Germany, the UK and Sweden -- 3: The Impact of the Crisis on Australian Social Security Policy in Historical Perspective -- 4: US Social Policy in the 21st Century: The Difficulties of Comprehensive Social Reform -- 5: Economic Crisis and Welfare Retrenchment: Comparing Irish Policy Responses in the 1970s and 1980s with the Present -- 6: Crisis and Welfare State Change in the Netherlands -- 7: Explaining Welfare Reforms in Italy between Economy and Politics: External Constraints and Endogenous Dynamics -- 8: The Economic Crisis as a Trigger of Convergence? Short-time Work in Italy, Germany and Austria -- 9: Health Care Policy for Better or for Worse? Examining NHS Reforms During Times of Economic Crisis versus Relative Stability -- Index.