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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146254803321

Autore

Marx Ive

Titolo

A new social question? [[electronic resource] ] : on minimum income protection in the postindustrial era / / Ive Marx

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2007

ISBN

90-485-0344-2

9786611979102

1-281-97910-4

1-4294-7267-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Changing welfare states

Disciplina

331.2/36

Soggetti

Guaranteed annual income - OECD countries

Unskilled labor - OECD countries

Poverty - OECD countries

Welfare state

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; 1 The Decline of Self-Reliance in Advanced Welfare States; 2 The Demand Shift against the Less-Skilled; 3 Low Pay and Poverty: Anatomy of a 'New' Social Risk; 4 On the Limits to Incrementalism in Income Protection Policy: The Case of Structural Unemployment in Belgium; 5 How Responsive Are Poverty Rates to Job Growth?; 6 Alternatives to Passive Income Support:; Overall Conclusion; List of Tables and Figures; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines changes in the social security provision in a range of European countries, with special emphasis on the Bismarckian welfare states such as the Netherlands and Belgium.