Combating poverty in local welfare systems. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Håkan Johansson, Alexandru Panican, editors.
• Editors: Johansson, Håkan, 1972-; Panican, Alexandru
• Contents: Acknowledgement; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: A Move Towards the Local? The Relevance of a Local Welfare System Approach; Challenges to National Models of Welfare; Purpose and Research Questions; Studying Local Welfare Systems in Different Welfare Regimes; Structure of the Book; References; 2: The Local Welfare System as a Scale Question; Introduction; Scales, Territories and Places of the Welfare State; The Concept of Scale as an Analytical Entry Point; A Scale-Attuned Analysis of Welfare State Decentralisation; Conclusion; References. 3: Conceptualising Local Welfare Systems: Exploring the Role of Actors and Governance Arrangements Introduction; Rescaling 'National' Welfare Regimes; Dimensions and Actors of Local Welfare; The Governance of Local Welfare; Partnership, Participation and Control; Conclusion; References; 4: Combating Poverty Through 'Active Inclusion'? The European and National Contexts; Introduction; Active Inclusion on the European Policy Agenda; A Challenging Economic Context; Diverse National Policy Legacies; National Reform Agendas in Minimum Income Protection; Conclusion; References. 5: Strategies Against Poverty and Social Exclusion in a Corporatist-Conservative Local Welfare System: The Dortmund Consensus Introduction; The Local Welfare System in a National Context; Anti-poverty Policies at Local Level in Germany; Cooperation and Participatory Governance in Dortmund; Conclusion; References; 6: Anti-poverty Activities in a Liberal Welfare Model: Local Levers and Multi-Ưlevel Tensions in Glasgow, UK; Introduction; The Provision of Minimum Income and Welfare Services; Combating Poverty at Local Level; Civil Society Organisations. A Complex and Multi-scalar Local Welfare System Three Local Strategies That Contrast with Central Regulation; Local Ideas: Participatory Approach (Conflicting); Local Strategies: Income Maximisation (Contradicting); Local Programmes (Competing); Deliberate Decoupling?; Conclusion; References; 7: Strategies Against Poverty in a Social Democratic Local Welfare System: Still the Responsibility of Public Actors?; Introduction; Combating Poverty Under Social Democratic Government; Local Problem Pressure and Local Active Inclusion Strategies; The Role of CSOs in the Local Welfare System. ConclusionReferences; 8: Active Inclusion in a Southern European Local Welfare System: Combining Fragmentation and Public-Private Partnership in Turin; Introduction; The Socio-Economic and Political Context; Interviewee Lista; Local Fragmentation and Minimum Income Schemes; National Interventions into Local Provision: The New Social Card; Support and Services Provided by Third-ƯSector Organisations; Active Inclusion Measures for Combating Poverty; Discussion and Conclusion; References.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 330.12/6; Social sciences; Welfare economics; Economics -- Sociological aspects; Poverty; Social policy; Welfare state; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; Economics -- Sociological aspects; Poverty; Social policy; Social sciences; Welfare economics; Welfare state; Social Science -- Poverty & Homelessness; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Theory; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Development studies; Economic theory & philosophy; Central government policies; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology: work & labour; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137531902; 1137531908; 1137531894; 9781137531896
• Related ISBNs: 9781137531896
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on August 19, 2016).
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