Varieties of Equality in European Welfare States

In this forward-thinking book, Davide Orsitto reframes our understanding of equality in democratic Europe, tracing the idea from abstract concept to theoretical and practical politics and policy. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, he analyses equality through economic, political and cultural lenses, to understand different countries’ unique interpretation of the principle. Building on current research on equality as both a principle and policy objective, Orsitto proposes a new approach to un