Combating Poverty in Europe

'Leading authors take stock of poverty and deprivation in European countries, combining first-hand empirical analyses with a thorough evaluation of anti-poverty policies, including special strategies like activation or care vouchers to combat child poverty. All key areas of poverty are analysed in depth - income, labour market, immigration, family and children. A state-of-the-art account about a problem that keeps haunting European societies.' Lutz Leisering, Bielefeld University, Germany

• Contents: Combating poverty in Europe and Germany, Gerhard Bäcker, Walter Hanesch and Peter Krause. The European Welfare Regimes and the European Union: 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; How successful are European countries in reducing poverty? A micro-simulation with the ECHP, Birgit Otto and Jan Goebel; National action plans to combat poverty in Europe, Armindo Silva; Indicators for social inclusion in the European Union, Brian Nolan. Income, Inequality, Poverty and Redistribution: Income, poverty and dynamics in Germany, Peter Krause; Does low income mean poverty? Some necessary extensions of poverty indicators based on economic resources, Hans-Jürgen Andreß; Distribution patterns and social policy options in Germany, Richard Hauser; Social assistance between social protection and activation in Germany, Walter Hanesch; Income distribution and poverty in the OECD area: trends and driving forces, Michael F. Förster and Mark Pearson. Labour Market Related Poverty A Challenge for Social Protection and Integration Strategies: Labour market related poverty in Germany, Walter Hanesch; Immigrants between labour market and poverty, Michael Maschke; Social protection and activation for the unemployed, Claudia Weinkopf; Activation in the Western Europe of the 1990s: did it make a difference? Bjørn Hvinden. Families and Children in Poverty and Concepts of Family Policy: Child and family poverty in Germany, Gerhard Bäcker; Why are day care vouchers an effective and efficient instrument to combat child poverty in Germany?, C. Katharina Spiess and Gert G. Wagner; Social policy strategies to combat income poverty of children and families in Europe, Bea Cantillon and Karel Van den Bosch; Index.