Public policy to reduce inequalities across Europe : hope versus reality / / Paul Cairney, Michael Keating, Sean Kippin, Emily St. Denny [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910640400203321
• Autore: Cairney Paul <1973->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 0-19-192486-5; 0-19-265373-3; 0-19-265372-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 pages)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 929.374
• Soggetti: Equality - Government policy - European Union countries; Equality - European Union countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Also issued in print: 2022.; "This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Title page verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Why Do Governments Struggle to Reduce Inequalities? -- 2 Solving Inequalities via Policy Learning and Transfer -- 3 Mapping Responsibilities to Reduce Inequalities Across the EU -- 4 Contesting the Scale at Which Inequalities Policies Should Be Solved -- 5 Inequalities Policies in Practice: Subnational Strategies and Choices -- 6 Strategies to Reduce Health Inequalities -- 7 Strategies to Reduce Inequalities in Education -- 8 Strategies to Reduce Gender Inequalities -- 9 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: There is a broad consensus across European states and the EU that social and economic inequality is a problem that needs to be addressed. Yet inequality policy is notoriously complex and contested. This book approaches the issue through extensive analysis of territorial politics and policy.