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Combating Poverty in Local Welfare Systems
Alexandru Panican
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Hardback. Editor(s): Panican, Alexandru. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 303 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Work and Welfare in Europe
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137531896
SKU
V9781137531896
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Ref
99-15
About Alexandru Panican
Hakan Johansson is Professor in Social Work at Lund University, Sweden.Alexandru Panican is Associate Professor in Social Work at Lund University, Sweden.
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