Combating poverty in local welfare systems /
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...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016
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| Series: | Work and welfare in Europe.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137531902 1137531908 1137531894 9781137531896 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource, title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on August 19, 2016). |
