Social assistance dynamics in Europe

National and local poverty regimes

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Throughout Europe income support for the poor has become highly controversial. It is often assumed to be not the answer to, but the cause of social exclusion, and is increasingly believed to give rise to welfare dependency. This book contributes to a more complex understanding of welfare state regimes and welfare recipients in contemporary Europe. Describing social assistance 'careers' in different national and urban contexts, it documents the strong interplay between personal biographies and policy patterns - a particularly useful perspective which complements the more structural, top-down approach of much international work in social policy.Social assistance dynamics in Europe is unique in comparing a range of northern and southern European countries (Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal); in its focus on the actual working of their policies: their set of actors; cultural background; implementation etc. and in its methodological approach, which combines longitudinal analysis with qualitative research.Academics and students of welfare and poverty, policy makers and social policy evaluators in the public, private and non profit sectors will find this book invaluable.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-01-30
Mått138 x 216 x 20 mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagBristol University Press
ISBN9781861343147

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Contents: Introduction: exploring social assistance dynamics ~ Chiara Saraceno; Cities as local systems ~ Enzo Mingione, Marco Oberti and José Pereirinha; Income support measures for the poor in European cities ~ Yves Bonny and Nicoletta Bosco; Why some people are more likely to be on social assistance than others ~ Marisol Garcia and Yuri Kazepov; Paths through (and out of) social assistance ~ Bjorn Gustafsson, Rolf Müller, Nicola Negri and Wolfgang Voges; Deconstructing the myth of welfare dependence ~ Chiara Saraceno.

"... a remarkable piece of academic work. It provides, combines and analyses data from a variety of sources in a way that is rarely seen in comparative projects: historical data, in-depth qualitative interviews with recipients of social assistance, detailed information at the local and country level and lastly data on social assistance dynamics from eight cities in five European countries. The book is so rich, in methodological approaches, in data, in interpretations and theoretical insights, that a short review can hardly pay it full justice." International Journal of Social Welfare