Solidarity in Europe : citizens responses in times of crisis Solidarity in Europe European solidarity: An introduction; Christian Lahusen and Maria Grasso Towards a new conditionality of welfare Reconsidering solidarity in the Danish welfare state; Hans Jörg Trenz and Maria Grasso Solidarity activism in Germany: What explains different types and levels of engagement; Johannes Kiess Christian Lahusen Ulrike Zschache Pulling together or pulling apart Solidarity in the post crisis United Kingdom; Tom Montgomery Simone Baglioni Olga Biosca and Maria Grasso Solidarity practices in Poland and their social capital foundations; Anna Kurowska and Maria Theiss The social and political dimensions of solidarity in Italy; Nicola Maggini Volunteering for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece; Stefania Kalogeraki Civic and political solidarity practices in Switzerland; Eva Fernandez G. Trajectories of solidarities in France across fields of vulnerability; Manlio Cinalli and Maria Jimena Sanhueza European Solidarity: a comparative assessment and discussion; Christian Lahusen and Maria Grasso This open access volume provides evidence based knowledge on European solidarity and citizen responses in times of crisis. Does the crisis of European integration translate into a crisis of European solidarity and if yes what are the manifestations at the level of individual citizens How strongly is solidarity rooted at the individual level both in terms of attitudes and practices And which driving factors and mechanisms contribute to the reproduction and or corrosion of solidarity in times of crisis Using findings from the EU Horizon 2020 funded research project “European paths to transnational solidarity at times of crisis: Conditions forms role models and policy responses” (TransSOL) the books addresses these questions and provides cross national comparisons of eight European countries Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Poland Switzerland and the UK. It will appeal to students scholars and policymakers interested in the Eurocrisis politics and sociology