| Combating Poverty in Local Welfare Systems 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Panican, Alexandru (Author), Johansson, Håkan (Editor), Johansson, Håkan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137531894 ISBN-13: 9781137531896 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 306.3 |
| LCCN: 2016942790 |
| Series: Work and Welfare in Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.08" W x 8.67" (1.09 lbs) 285 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyzes national anti-poverty measures at a local level via a set of unique and up-to-date empirical studies of minimum income support schemes and activation measures in five European cities. In examining this 'local welfare system' approach, it investigates the role that civil society organizations play, and the governance arrangements that prevail in contacts between public and civil society actors in local anti-poverty strategies. The current financial and economic crisis has caused increasing levels of poverty and unemployment, and put national minimum income protection schemes under severe strain. Combating Poverty in Local Welfare Systems therefore represents a timely and important intervention in the political and scientific debates as to whether more 'local welfare' is the solution to the challenges facing European welfare states. |