Part 1: Experimenting with the Work-Welfare Nexus: The European Union 2 David M. Trubek and James Mosher: New Governance, Employment Policy, and the European Social Model 3 Janine Goetschy: The European Employment Strategy, Multi-level Governance, and Policy Coordination 4 Maurizio Ferrera and Anton Hermerijck: Recalibrating Europe's Welfare Regimes 5 Martin Rhodes: National 'Pacts' and EU Governance in Social Policy and the Labor Market 6 Ida Regalia: Decentralizing Employment Protection in Europe: Territorial Pacts and Beyond 7 Adalbert Evers: Local Labor Market Policies and Social Integration in Europe: Potential and Pitfalls of Integrated Partnership Approaches Part 2: Experimenting with the Work-Welfare Nexus: The United States 8 Joel Handler: US Welfare Reform: The Big Experiment 9 Paul Osterman: Organizing the US Labor Market: National Problems, Community Strategies 10 Laura Dresser and Joel Rogers: Part of the Solution: Emerging Workforce Intermediaries in the United States 11 Louise Trubek: Health Care and Low-wage Work in the United States: Linking Local Action for Expanded Coverage Part 3: Governing Work and Welfare in a New Economy: Emergent Patterns and Future Possibilities 12 Robert Salais: Work and Welfare: Toward a Capability Approach 13 Joshua Cohen and Charles Sabel: Sovreignty and Solidarity: The EU and the US 14 Alain Supiot: Governing Work and Welfare in a Global Economy