Social Exclusion and European Policy

by Mayes, David G.; Berghman, Jos; Salais, Robert; Begg, I.; Carmichael, L.; Chassard, Y.; Choffe, T.

• ISBN13: 9781840646887
• ISBN10: 1840646888
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Contributors	x
Preface	xiv
Exspro Participants	xvii
Introduction	1	(26)
David G. Mayes
PART I: THE ISSUE AT STAKE
Social Exclusion and the Welfare State: an Overview of Conceptual Issues and Implications	27	(20)
Koen Vleminckx
Jos Berghman
Fighting against Social Exclusion in a European Knowledge-based Society: What Principles of Action?	47	(25)
Gilles Raveaud
Robert Salais
Social Exclusion in Europe: Testing the Limits of European Integration	72	(21)
Paul Schoukens
Laurence Carmichael
PART II: EUROPEAN APPROACHES TO SOCIAL EXCLUSION
Social Exclusion and Poverty: Definition, Public Debate and Empirical Evidence in the Netherlands	93	(31)
Ruud Muffels
Didier Fouarge
All Hands on Deck! Fighting Social Exclusion in Denmark	124	(28)
Per Kongshoj Madsen
Peter Munch-Madsen
Klaus Langhoff-Roos
Social Exclusion in the UK: Rediscovering Social Solidarity?	152	(18)
Laurence Carmichael
Social Inclusion through Social Partnership: The Case of Ireland	170	(18)
Dermot Hodson
Social Exclusion and Social Policy in Greece	188	(16)
Manos Matsaganis
Panos Tsakloglou
Social Exclusion: Definition, Public Debate and Empirical Evidence in France	204	(29)
Thomas Choff'e
PART III: SOLUTIONS
The EU and the Fight against Exclusion: Maximising the Means to Match Its Ambitions	233	(22)
Laurence Carmichael
European Employment Policy and National Policy Regimes	255	(22)
Per Kongshoj Madsen
Peter Munch-Madsen
European Integration and Social Protection: From the Spaak Report to the Open Method of Co-ordination	277	(29)
Yves Chassard
The Future Role of the EU in dealing with Social Exclusion: Policy Perspectives	306	(21)
Lain Begg
Jos Berghman
References	327	(24)
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	351	(3)
Index	354