This work examines the concept of citizenship in relation to social policy, in the context of the rapidly changing European welfare states. Leading academics analyze concrete changes in social rights and citizenship roles, and offer theoretical investigations of citizenship and the welfare state. Issues discussed include: citizenship versus residence as a basis for social rights; the relationship between rights and obligations; workers' rights and non-workers' rights; exclusion and inclusion in the labour market and community life; the relationship between social and political citizenship;...