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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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| Colección: | Work and welfare in Europe.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgement; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: A Move Towards the Local? The Relevance of a Local Welfare System Approach; Challenges to National Models of Welfare; Purpose and Research Questions; Studying Local Welfare Systems in Different Welfare Regimes; Structure of the Book; References; 2: The Local Welfare System as a Scale Question; Introduction; Scales, Territories and Places of the Welfare State; The Concept of Scale as an Analytical Entry Point; A Scale-Attuned Analysis of Welfare State Decentralisation; Conclusion; References.
- 3: Conceptualising Local Welfare Systems: Exploring the Role of Actors and Governance Arrangements Introduction; Rescaling 'National' Welfare Regimes; Dimensions and Actors of Local Welfare; The Governance of Local Welfare; Partnership, Participation and Control; Conclusion; References; 4: Combating Poverty Through 'Active Inclusion'? The European and National Contexts; Introduction; Active Inclusion on the European Policy Agenda; A Challenging Economic Context; Diverse National Policy Legacies; National Reform Agendas in Minimum Income Protection; Conclusion; References.
- 5: Strategies Against Poverty and Social Exclusion in a Corporatist-Conservative Local Welfare System: The Dortmund Consensus Introduction; The Local Welfare System in a National Context; Anti-poverty Policies at Local Level in Germany; Cooperation and Participatory Governance in Dortmund; Conclusion; References; 6: Anti-poverty Activities in a Liberal Welfare Model: Local Levers and Multi-Ưlevel Tensions in Glasgow, UK; Introduction; The Provision of Minimum Income and Welfare Services; Combating Poverty at Local Level; Civil Society Organisations.
- A Complex and Multi-scalar Local Welfare System Three Local Strategies That Contrast with Central Regulation; Local Ideas: Participatory Approach (Conflicting); Local Strategies: Income Maximisation (Contradicting); Local Programmes (Competing); Deliberate Decoupling?; Conclusion; References; 7: Strategies Against Poverty in a Social Democratic Local Welfare System: Still the Responsibility of Public Actors?; Introduction; Combating Poverty Under Social Democratic Government; Local Problem Pressure and Local Active Inclusion Strategies; The Role of CSOs in the Local Welfare System.
- ConclusionReferences; 8: Active Inclusion in a Southern European Local Welfare System: Combining Fragmentation and Public-Private Partnership in Turin; Introduction; The Socio-Economic and Political Context; Interviewee Lista; Local Fragmentation and Minimum Income Schemes; National Interventions into Local Provision: The New Social Card; Support and Services Provided by Third-ƯSector Organisations; Active Inclusion Measures for Combating Poverty; Discussion and Conclusion; References.