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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812275903321

Titolo

Welfare state reform in Southern Europe : fighting poverty and social exclusion in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece / / edited by Maurizio Ferrera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-34730-8

1-134-34731-6

1-280-16826-9

0-203-35690-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; ; 6

Classificazione

71.80

Altri autori (Persone)

FerreraMaurizio

Disciplina

361.6/1/094

Soggetti

Welfare state - Europe, Southern

Human services - Europe, Southern

Marginality, Social - Europe, Southern

Europe, Southern Social policy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Welfare states and social safety nets in Southern Europe; 2  Greece-fighting with 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; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This new study delivers a detailed analysis of the efforts being made to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. After an initial discussion of the 'southern model' of the welfare state, the situation of each country is clearly illustrated. This book also discusses how the experience of southern Europe might bear upon the situation of the East European accession countries. This is excellent reading for those interested in social change across Europe and beyond.