Using Social Benefits to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion: Opportunities and Problems from a Comparative Perspective, European Synthesis Report

Using Social Benefits to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion: Opportunities and Problems from a Comparative Perspective, European Synthesis Report
ISBN-10
9287149372
ISBN-13
9789287149374
Category
Political Science
Pages
210
Language
English
Published
2002-01-01
Publisher
Council of Europe
Authors
Matti Heikkilä, Susan Kuivalainen

Description

This volume explores the nature and scope of the problem of poverty, examines the political responses to poverty (examples of different countries); and investigates the existence and use of various definitions and thresholds applied to poverty in policy making . It also examines the variations within income transfers, i.e. social benefits designed to prevent or alleviate poverty and material hardship and explores the effectiveness of benefit schemes in reducing poverty.--Publisher's description.

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