| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 335 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Reconciling work and welfare in Europe |
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Work and welfare in Europe
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| Contents |
A New Dawn for Minimum Income Protection?; I. Marx & K. Nelson -- Struggle for Life: Social Assistance Benefits, 1992-2009; N. Van Mechelen & S. Marchal -- Mind the Gap: Net Incomes of Minimum Wage Workers in the EU and the US; I. Marx, S. Marchal & B. Nolan -- Child Poverty as a Government Priority: Child Benefit Packages for Working Families, 1992-2009; N. Van Mechelen & J. Bradshaw -- Minimum Income Protection for Europe's Elderly. What and How Much has been Guaranteed During the 2000s?; T. Goedem̌ -- From Universalism to Selectivity: Old Wine in New Bottles for Child Benefits in Europe and Other Countries; T. Ferrarini, K. Nelson & H.H̲̲g -- Categorical Differentiation in the Light of Deservingness Perceptions: Institutional Structures of Minimum Income Protection for Immigrants and for the Disabled; V. Hubl & M. Pfeifer -- Origin and Genesis of Activation Policies in 'Old' Europe: Toward a Balanced Approach?; J.T. Weishaupt -- Social Assistance Governance in Europe. Towards a Multi-level Perspective; Y. Kazepov & E. Barberis -- Minimum Social Protection in the CEE/CIS Countries. The Failure of a Model; J. Bradshaw, E. Mayhew & G. Alexander -- The EU and Minimum Income Protection: Clarifying the Policy Conundrum; F. Vandenbroucke, B. Cantillon, N. Van Mechelen, T. Goedem̌ & A. Van Lancker |
| Summary |
The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. The issue of minimum income protection has now become more important than ever and whether or note these schemes adequately protect citizens when they are unemployed, retired or having children. Drawing on in-depth and up-to-date institutional data from across Europe and the US, this volume details the reality of minimum income protection policies over time. Including contributions from leading scholars in the field, each chapter provides a systematic cross-national analysis of minimum income protection policies, developing concrete policy guidance on an issue at the heart of the European debate |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Basic income -- European Union countries
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Minimum wage -- European Union countries
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Public welfare -- European Union countries
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Child welfare -- European Union countries
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Labor market -- European Union countries
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Poverty & unemployment.
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Labour economics.
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Welfare economics.
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Welfare & benefit systems.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Revenu minimum.
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Protection sociale.
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Politique sociale.
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Services sociaux.
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UE/CE Union européenne.
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Society.
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Child welfare
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Basic income
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Labor market
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Minimum wage
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Public welfare
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Mindestlohn
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Europe.
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European Union countries
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Europäische Union.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Marx, Ive
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Nelson, Kenneth, 1971-
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| ISBN |
9781137291844 |
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1137291842 |
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9781283868259 |
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1283868253 |
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