Combating Poverty in Europe : The German Welfare Regime in Practice

by Krause, Peter; Backer, Gerhard; Hanesch, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780754632221
• ISBN10: 0754632229
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

This informative volume addresses the impact of the EU on national policies to combat poverty in European member states. The editors bring together leading academics to discuss the issue of and fight against poverty in Germany in particular, within the context of ongoing trends and debates across other European states.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
1 Combating poverty in Europe and Germany
Gerhard Bäcker, Walter Hanesch and Peter Krause	1	(22)
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 and Ruud Muffels	23	(18)
3 How successful are European countries in reducing poverty? A micro-simulation with the ECHP
Birgit Otto and Jan Goebel	41	(20)
4 National Action Plans to combat poverty in Europe
Armindo Silva	61	(14)
5 Indicators for social inclusion in the European Union
Brian Nolan	75	(18)
PART II: INCOME, INEQUALITY, POVERTY AND REDISTRIBUTION
6 Income, poverty and dynamics in Germany
Peter Krause	93	(24)
7 Does low income mean poverty? Some necessary extensions of poverty indicators based on economic resources
Hans-Jürgen Andreß	117	(14)
8 Distribution patterns and social policy options in Germany
Richard Hauser	131	(16)
9 Social assistance between social protection and activation in Germany
Walter Hanesch	147	(22)
10 Income distribution and poverty in the OECD area: Trends and driving forces
Michael F. Förster and Mark Pearson	169	(32)
PART III: LABOUR MARKET RELATED POVERTY A CHALLENGE FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION AND INTEGRATION STRATEGIES
11 Labour market related poverty in Germany
Walter Hanesch	201	(22)
12 Immigrants between labour market and poverty
Michael Maschke	223	(24)
13 Social protection and activation for the unemployed
Claudia Weinkopf	247	(20)
14 Activation in the Western Europe of the 1990's: Did it make a difference?
Bjørn Hvinden	267	(22)
PART IV: FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN POVERTY AND CONCEPTS OF FAMILY POLICY
15 Child and family poverty in Germany
Gerhard Bäcker	289	(16)
16 Why are day care vouchers an effective and efficient instrument to combat child poverty in Germany?
C. Katharina Spiess and Gert G. Wagner	305	(12)
17 Social policy strategies to combat income poverty of children and families in Europe
Bea Cantillon and Karel Van den Bosch	317	(14)
Index	331