Minimum income schemes (MIS) have become key social protection institutions for European citizens, but we know little regarding the logic and dynamics of institutional change in this policy field. This book provides an analytical model that will facilitate an understanding of the scope and direction of recent reforms, offering insight into the conditions under which minimum income schemes are introduced, expanded or retrenched.

Marcello Natili is a Post-doc at the University of Milan, member of the European Social Policy Network and of the Welfare Laboratory at Centro Einaudi, Turin. His works have been published in journals such as Journal of European Social Policies, European Societies, Italian Journal of Public Policy, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, Social Policies / Politiche Sociali.