Poverty and Social Deprivation in the Mediterranean Trends, Policies and Welfare Prospects in the New Millennium

by Petmesidou, Maria; Papatheodorou, Christos

• ISBN13: 9781842777565
• ISBN10: 1842777564
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-03
• Publisher: ZED BOOKS

Summary

Leading economists, sociologists and social policy experts document with new and up-to-date empirical material the changing profiles of poverty and social deprivation in Southern Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Near East. What emerges is a comparison of social trends shared across the region, as well as the huge diversity of public responses and policies to the challenges of poverty and social inequality.

Author Biography

Maria Petmesidou is Professor of Social Policy at Democritus University of Thrace and Vice-Chair of CROP. Christos Papatheodorou is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Comparing Poverty Phenomena in the Mediterranean Area -- Maria Petmesidou and Christos Papatheodorou * Part 1: Poverty and Deprivation in the Southern EU Member States, The Balkan Transition Countries and Turkey * Poverty Profiles and trends. How do Southern European Countries Compare with Each Other? -- Christos Papatheodorou and Maria Petmesidou * Poverty and Poverty Discourses in Italy in Comparative Perspective -- Chiara Saraceno * Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policies in Portugal: The Experience of the Guaranteed Minimum Income -- José Pereirinha * Absolute Poverty of Illegal Immigrants in Spain: A Growing Problem -- Ubaldo Martinez Veiga * Poverty Reduction Strategies and Well-being in Albania and Former Yugoslavia -- Gerry Redmond * The Poor, Excluded and Transition Losers in the South-eastern European Transition Economies -- Ivo Bicanic and Vojmir Franicevic * Dynamics of Poverty in Turkey: Gender, Rural/Urban Poverty, Social Networks and Reciprocal Survival Strategies -- Sibel Kalaycioglu * Part 2: Poverty and Deprivation in the Middle East and North Africa * Poverty in Israel: Taking a Multidimensional Approach -- Jacques Silber And Michael Sorin * The Making of Poverty in Palestine -- Jamil Hilal * Social Stratification Obstacles to Reducing Inequality and Alleviating Poverty: the Case of Lebanon -- Sylvia Haladjian-Henriksen * Understanding Recent Trends in Poverty and Inequality in the Maghreb (with Emphasis on Morocco) -- Mina Baliamoune-Lutz * Poverty Evaluation in Algeria: A Logit-Probit Model Applied to a Multidimensional Field Survey in the Region of Tlemcen -- Abderrezak Benhabib, Tahar Ziani and Samir Baha-Eddine Maliki * Concluding Commentary. Poverty in the Mediterranean Region: Applying a Human Rights Strategy -- Peter Townsend

Introduction: Comparing Poverty Phenomena in the Mediterranean Area -- Maria Petmesidou and Christos Papatheodorou * Part 1: Poverty and Deprivation in the Southern EU Member States, The Balkan Transition Countries and Turkey * Poverty Profiles and trends. How do Southern European Countries Compare with Each Other? -- Christos Papatheodorou and Maria Petmesidou * Poverty and Poverty Discourses in Italy in Comparative Perspective -- Chiara Saraceno * Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policies in Portugal: The Experience of the Guaranteed Minimum Income -- José Pereirinha * Absolute Poverty of Illegal Immigrants in Spain: A Growing Problem -- Ubaldo Martinez Veiga * Poverty Reduction Strategies and Well-being in Albania and Former Yugoslavia -- Gerry Redmond * The Poor, Excluded and Transition Losers in the South-eastern European Transition Economies -- Ivo Bicanic and Vojmir Franicevic * Dynamics of Poverty in Turkey: Gender, Rural/Urban Poverty, Social Networks and Reciprocal Survival Strategies -- Sibel Kalaycioglu * Part 2: Poverty and Deprivation in the Middle East and North Africa * Poverty in Israel: Taking a Multidimensional Approach -- Jacques Silber And Michael Sorin * The Making of Poverty in Palestine -- Jamil Hilal * Social Stratification Obstacles to Reducing Inequality and Alleviating Poverty: the Case of Lebanon -- Sylvia Haladjian-Henriksen * Understanding Recent Trends in Poverty and Inequality in the Maghreb (with Emphasis on Morocco) -- Mina Baliamoune-Lutz * Poverty Evaluation in Algeria: A Logit-Probit Model Applied to a Multidimensional Field Survey in the Region of Tlemcen -- Abderrezak Benhabib, Tahar Ziani and Samir Baha-Eddine Maliki * Concluding Commentary. Poverty in the Mediterranean Region: Applying a Human Rights Strategy -- Peter Townsend