Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe : Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal

ISBN-13: 9780415479820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str.

Maurizio Ferrera

Opis

Analyses the efforts made to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. This book discusses the 'southern model' of the welfare state. It also discusses how the experience of southern Europe might bear upon the situation of the East European accession countries.

Spis treści

1. Welfare States and Social Safety Nets in Southern Europe: An Introduction  2. Greece: Fighting with the Hands Tied Behind the Back  3. Italy: Striving Uphill but Stopping Halfway  4. Spain: Poverty, Social Exclusion and 'Safety Nets'  5. Portugal: A Virtuous Path Towards Minimum Income?  6. Poverty and the Safety Net in Eastern and South Eastern Europe in the Post-Communist Era

O autorze

Maurizio Ferrera is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Milan. He also directs the Center for Comparative Political Research POLEIS at Bocconi University and the Research Unit on European Governance URGE at the Collegio Carlo Alberto of Moncalieri.