Combating poverty in Europe : active inclusion in a multi-level and multi-actor context / edited by Rune Halvorsen and Bjøorn Hvinden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halvorsen, Rune, editor.

Hvinden, Bjørn, 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Government policy--Europe.

Poverty.

Public welfare.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discovering methods to combat poverty and social exclusion has now become a major political challenge in Europe. This book offers an original and timely analysis of how actors at the European, national and subnational levels meet this challenge. Combining perspectives on multilevel and network coordination, the editors discuss to what extent actors join forces in these efforts and identify the factors limiting the coordination achieved in practice. The book builds on a European study comparing Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the UK.

Contents:

Front matter; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables and boxes; Contributors; Preface; PART I Background; 1. Introduction: how to achieve Active Inclusion in a multi-layered political context?; 2. Who is poor? Linking perceptions of poor people and political responses to poverty; 3. Poverty and social exclusion as a challenge for Active Inclusion - the spatial dimension; 4. Poverty and social inclusion as emerging policy arenas in the EU; PART II A multi-level system as seen from the national angle; 5. Institutional arrangements and policy coordination in national anti-poverty regimes

6. Have governments designed provisions for lone mothers, long-term unemployed and working poor to be multidimensional and integrated?7. Killing, domesticating or feeding the snake: the implementation of the Europe 2020 anti-poverty component at the national level; PART III A multi-level system as seen from subnational angles; 8. Approaches, actors and models of vertical collaborative governance arrangements in combating poverty - five European cities compared

9. Mixing multi-level and network governance: how do local actors relate to the policies, steering mechanisms and resources of higher-level actors?10. The perspectives of single mothers, long-term unemployed and working-poor people on provisions for Active Inclusion; PART IV Conclusion; 11. An emerging multi-level system of Active Inclusion in Europe?; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78471-218-3