Social Exclusion in European Welfare States

Edited by Ruud Muffels, Professor of Socio-Economics, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, the Netherlands, Panos Tsakloglou, Associate Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece and the late David G. Mayes, formerly Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, Director, Europe Institute and Director, NZ Governance Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction: Empirical Approaches to Analysing Social Exclusion in European Welfare States Part I: Labour Market Integration in European Employment Regimes 2. Macroeconomic Factors, Policies and the Development of Social Exclusion 3. Employment Regimes and Labour Market Attachment: Evidence from the ECHP 4. Flexibilisation of Labour Markets: Does it Resolve Long-term Unemployment? Finland, Germany and the UK Compared 5. The Proliferation of Part-time Work, Family Employment and Household Income Security Part II: Social Exclusion in European Welfare States 6. Identifying Population Groups at High Risk of Social Exclusion: Evidence from the ECHP 7. The Nature of Social Exclusion – Spiral of Precariousness or Statistical Category? 8. Income and Deprivation Approaches to the Measurement of Poverty in the European Union 9. Do European Welfare Regimes Matter in Explaining Social Exclusion? Part III: Lessons for European Social Policy 10. How Well Do European Employment Regimes Manage Social Exclusion? 11. Employability and Social Exclusion: A Capabilities Approach 12. Workfare and Social Exclusion – Evidence from the Recent Welfare Reform in the USA 13. Conclusions: Social Exclusion at the Crossroads of EU Employment and Inclusion Policies References Index

'This book provides useful analysis for social policy academics with a European bent, and should embolden policymakers. It does not underplay the challenges facing the EU, and especially southern countries and the UK, but it affirms that employment and welfare policy can and do make a difference.'