Reconciling Work and Poverty Reduction: How Successful Are European Welfare States?

Author:   Bea Cantillon (Professor of Social Policy, Professor of Social Policy, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium) ,  Frank Vandenbroucke (Member of Parliament, Member of Parliament, Flemish Parliament, Leuven, Belgium)
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Pages:   464
Publication Date:   09 January 2014
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Author:   Bea Cantillon (Professor of Social Policy, Professor of Social Policy, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium) ,  Frank Vandenbroucke (Member of Parliament, Member of Parliament, Flemish Parliament, Leuven, Belgium)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 15.70cm
Weight:   0.757kg
ISBN:  

9780199926589


ISBN 10:   0199926581
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   09 January 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Preface Introduction Bea Cantillon, and Frank Vandenbroucke 1 Mapping At-Risk-of-Poverty Rates, Household Employment and Social Spending Frank Vandenbroucke, and Ron Diris 2 The Evolution of Poverty in the European Union: Concepts, Measurement and Data Koen Decancq, Tim Goedemé, Karel Van den Bosch, and Josefine Vanhille 3 Individual Employment, Household Employment and Risk of Poverty in the EU. A Decomposition Analysis Vincent Corluy, and Frank Vandenbroucke 4 In-Work Poverty Ive Marx, and Brian Nolan 5 Social Redistribution, Poverty and the Adequacy of Social Protection in the EU Bea Cantillon, Natascha Van Mechelen, Olivier Pintelon, and Aaron Van den Heede 6 The Redistributive Capacity of Services in the EU Gerlinde Verbist, and Manos Matsaganis 7 Who Benefits from Investment Policies? The Case of Family Activation in European Countries Wim Van Lancker, and Joris Ghysels 8 The Reform Capacities of European welfare states Anton Hemerijck 9 Identifying the skeleton of the social investment state: defining and measuring patterns of social policy change on the basis of expenditure data Johan De Deken 10 Beyond Social Investment. Which Concepts and Values for Social Policy-Making in Europe? Bea Cantillon Epilogue. What we know, don't know and need to know Frank Vandenbroucke, and Bea Cantillon Appendix. The Evolution of Public Social Spending 1985-2009 Leen Meeusen and Annemie Nys References Index

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"""[This book] makes a significant contribution to understanding the complex relationship between poverty, work and social welfare."" --James Midgley, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley"


[This book] makes a significant contribution to understanding the complex relationship between poverty, work and social welfare. --James Midgley, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley


[This book] makes a significant contribution to understanding the complex relationship between poverty, work and social welfare. --James Midgley, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley [This book] makes a significant contribution to understanding the complex relationship between poverty, work and social welfare. --James Midgley, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley


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Bea Cantillon is Professor of Social Policy at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp. Frank Vandenbroucke, PhD, is a professor at the KULeuven and the University of Antwerp, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy.

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