PART I: MACRO TRENDS 1. New Social Risks and the Role of Local Welfare: An Introduction; Costanzo Ranci, Taco Brandsen and Stefania Sabatinelli 2. Social Cohesion and Global Competitiveness: Clustering Cities; Marianna d'Ovidio and Costanzo Ranci PART II: Structural Mechanisms and Social Policy in Local Welfare Systems 3. Changing Labor Markets and the Place of Local Policies; Manuel Aguilar Hendrickson and Stefania Sabatinelli 4. Changing Family Needs and Local Childcare Policies; Laurent Fraisse and Anna Escobedo 5. Cities of Migration: the Challenges of Social Inclusion; Giuliana Costa and Benjamin Ewert 6. Urban Housing Systems in Times of Crisis; Giuliana Costa, Goiko Bežovan, Pietro Palvarini and Taco Brandsen PART III: VULNERABLE GROUPS: COPING WITH UNCERTAINTY 7. Young People Experiencing Work Precariousness: Risks and Opportunities; Lara Maestripieri and Stefania Sabatinelli 8. Lone Mothers: Care Arrangements Between Support and Isolation; Renata Siemie?ska and Ilona Matysiak 9. Vulnerable Migrants: Coping Strategies and Multiple Paths to Social Exclusion; Sandro Cattacin and Patricia Naegeli PART IV: CONCLUSION 10. Local Welfare Systems in Europe in the Age of Austerity; Costanzo Ranci, Taco Brandsen and Stefania Sabatinelli