Combating poverty in Europe : the German welfare regime in practice / edited by Peter Krause, Gerhard Bäcker, Walter Hanesch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krause, Peter, 1965-

Bäcker, Gerhard, 1947-

Hanesch, Walter.

Series:

Cash & care

Studies in cash & care

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Services for--Germany.

Poor.

Poor--Services for--European Union countries.

Poor--Services for.

European Union countries.

Germany.

Physical Description:

viii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]

Contents:

1 Combating poverty in Europe and Germany / Gerhard Backer, Walter Hanesch, Peter Krause 1

Part I The European Welfare Regimes and the European Union

2 Welfare capitalism: The ten year impact of governments on poverty, inequality and financial risk in West Germany, the Netherlands and the USA / Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels 23

3 How successful are European countries in reducing poverty? A micro-simulation with the ECHP / Birgit Otto, Jan Goebel 41

4 National Action Plans to combat poverty in Europe / Armindo Silva 61

5 Indicators for social inclusion in the European Union / Brian Nolan 75

Part II Income, Inequality, Poverty and Redistribution

6 Income, poverty and dynamics in Germany / Peter Krause 93

7 Does low income mean poverty? Some necessary extensions of poverty indicators based on economic resources / Hans-Jurgen Andress 117

8 Distribution patterns and social policy options in Germany / Richard Hauser 131

9 Social assistance between social protection and activation in Germany / Walter Hanesch 147

10 Income distribution and poverty in the OECD area: Trends and driving forces / Michael F. Forster, Mark Pearson 169

Part III Labour Market Related Poverty a Challenge for Social Protection and Integration Strategies

11 Labour market related poverty in Germany / Walter Hanesch 201

12 Immigrants between labour market and poverty / Michael Maschke 223

13 Social protection and activation for the unemployed / Claudia Weinkopf 247

14 Activation in the Western Europe of the 1990s: Did it make a difference? / Bjorn Hvinden 267

Part IV Families and Children in Poverty and Concepts of Family Policy

15 Child and family poverty in Germany / Gerhard Backer 289

16 Why are day care vouchers an effective and efficient instrument to combat child poverty in Germany? / C. Katharina Spiess, Gert G. Wagner 305

17 Social policy strategies to combat income poverty of children and families in Europe / Bea Cantillon, Karel Van den Bosch 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754632229

OCLC:

51898834