At the Margins of the Welfare State: Social Assistance and the Alleviation of Poverty in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom

ISBN-13: 9781138731042 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 258 str.

Christina Behrendt

Opis

This title was first published in 2002. The persistence of poverty in advanced welfare states casts doubt on the fundamental operating procedures of income distribution and redistribution.

Spis treści

1: Welfare States and the Alleviation of Poverty; 2: Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in Industrialized Welfare States: What Do We Know?; 3: Mapping the Reduction of Poverty through Minimum Income Schemes; 4: Methodological Puzzles and Pitfalls in the Measurement of Poverty; 5: Is the Entire Population Eligible for Social Assistance Benefits?; 6: Do Social Assistance Schemes Provide Adequate Benefits?; 7: Do Social Assistance Schemes Encourage Take-up?; 8: Conclusion

O autorze

Christina Behrendt