Part I: Principles // De- and Reconstruction of European Welfare Regimes - The Consequences for Social Work Theory and Practice (Horst Sing, Peter Erath) 3 // Social inclusion and exclusion as specific structural processes of modem societies. Challenges to a changing social policy (Detlef Baum) 17 // The social state at a turning point (Jan Keller) 31 // Social Changes and Challenges in Europe: towards a European Social Work? (Karen Lyons) 47 // Reconstruction Processes in Europe: Social Work Theories and Methods (Walter Lorenz) 63 // Part 2: National Situations // De- and Reconstruction of Social Welfare in Finland: Impacts on Social Work (Juha Hämäläinen, Pauli Niemelä) 79 // Norway: a welfare regime in the process of change (Rolv Lyngstad, Randi Reese, Steven M Shardlow) 95 // The Social welfare regimes in Europe (with special attention to the Spanish case) (Jordi Sabater) 113 // Creating community through the use of research projects and social work education. An example of international (European) cooperation (Ewa Marynowicz-Hetka) 131 // The Construction of Social Work in England - A Critical Review (Steven M Shardlow, Adrian Adams) 143 // De- and Reconstruction of Social Welfare and Social Work in Germany (Peter Erath, Horst Sing) 159 // The reconstruction of the Dutch Welfare State (Frans M. van der Veer) 175 // Welfare State, Social Inequalities and Social Work in France: An Epic Battle (Emmanuel Jovelin, Elisabeth Prieur) 189 // Attachments // the Editors of the Book // the Authors of the Book