Maria Petmesidou and Christos Papatheodorou are respectively professor and assistant professor of Social Policy at Democritus University of Thrace.

The volume has a number of key strengths. One of the most strong features is the level of information provided. It reflects rigorous scholarship with a wealth of empirical material and extensive use of footnotes. This is a very useful contribution to knowledge of the nature and extent of poverty and understanding of underlying structural causes. The book is an important source of information on particular countries. It should be of interest to a wide audience of students, academics, practitioners, policy makers and anyone with an interest in the advancement of human rights and the eradication of glaring inequalities.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsList of Contributors1. Introduction: Comparing Poverty Phenomena in the Mediterranean Area - Maria Petmesidou and Christos PapatheodorouPart I: The Southern EU Member states, the Balkan transition countries and Turkey2. Poverty Profiles and trends. How do Southern European Countries Compare with Each Other? - Christos Papatheodorou and Maria Petmesidou3. Poverty and Poverty Discourses in Italy in Comparative Perspective - Chiara Saraceno4. Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policies in Portugal: The Experience of the Guaranteed Minimum Income - Jose Pereirinha5. Absolute Poverty of Illegal Immigrants in Spain: A Growing Problem - Ubaldo Martinez Veiga6. Poverty Reduction Strategies and Well-being in Albania and Former Yugoslavia - Gerry Redmond7. The Poor, Excluded and Transition Losers in the South-eastern European Transition Economies - Ivo Bicanic and Vojmir Franicevic8. Dynamics of Poverty in Turkey: Gender, Rural/Urban Poverty, Social Networks and Reciprocal Survival Strategies - Sibel KalayciogluPart II: The Middle East and North Africa9. Poverty in Israel: Taking a Multidimensional Approach - Jacques Silber And Michael Sorin10. The Making of Poverty in Palestine - Jamil Hilal11. Social Stratification Obstacles to Reducing Inequality and Alleviating Poverty: the Case of Lebanon - Sylvia Haladjian-Henriksen12. Understanding Recent Trends in Poverty and Inequality in the Maghreb (with Emphasis on Morocco) - Mina Baliamoune-Lutz13. 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 Maliki14. Concluding Commentary: Poverty in the Mediterranean Region: Applying a Human Rights Strategy - Peter Townsend

Maria Petmesidou and Christos Papatheodorou are respectively professor and assistant professor of Social Policy at Democritus University of Thrace.

The volume has a number of key strengths. One of the most strong features is the level of information provided. It reflects rigorous scholarship with a wealth of empirical material and extensive use of footnotes. This is a very useful contribution to knowledge of the nature and extent of poverty and understanding of underlying structural causes. The book is an important source of information on particular countries. It should be of interest to a wide audience of students, academics, practitioners, policy makers and anyone with an interest in the advancement of human rights and the eradication of glaring inequalities.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsList of Contributors1. Introduction: Comparing Poverty Phenomena in the Mediterranean Area - Maria Petmesidou and Christos PapatheodorouPart I: The Southern EU Member states, the Balkan transition countries and Turkey2. Poverty Profiles and trends. How do Southern European Countries Compare with Each Other? - Christos Papatheodorou and Maria Petmesidou3. Poverty and Poverty Discourses in Italy in Comparative Perspective - Chiara Saraceno4. Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policies in Portugal: The Experience of the Guaranteed Minimum Income - Jose Pereirinha5. Absolute Poverty of Illegal Immigrants in Spain: A Growing Problem - Ubaldo Martinez Veiga6. Poverty Reduction Strategies and Well-being in Albania and Former Yugoslavia - Gerry Redmond7. The Poor, Excluded and Transition Losers in the South-eastern European Transition Economies - Ivo Bicanic and Vojmir Franicevic8. Dynamics of Poverty in Turkey: Gender, Rural/Urban Poverty, Social Networks and Reciprocal Survival Strategies - Sibel KalayciogluPart II: The Middle East and North Africa9. Poverty in Israel: Taking a Multidimensional Approach - Jacques Silber And Michael Sorin10. The Making of Poverty in Palestine - Jamil Hilal11. Social Stratification Obstacles to Reducing Inequality and Alleviating Poverty: the Case of Lebanon - Sylvia Haladjian-Henriksen12. Understanding Recent Trends in Poverty and Inequality in the Maghreb (with Emphasis on Morocco) - Mina Baliamoune-Lutz13. 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 Maliki14. Concluding Commentary: Poverty in the Mediterranean Region: Applying a Human Rights Strategy - Peter Townsend

Maria Petmesidou and Christos Papatheodorou are respectively professor and assistant professor of Social Policy at Democritus University of Thrace.

The volume has a number of key strengths. One of the most strong features is the level of information provided. It reflects rigorous scholarship with a wealth of empirical material and extensive use of footnotes. This is a very useful contribution to knowledge of the nature and extent of poverty and understanding of underlying structural causes. The book is an important source of information on particular countries. It should be of interest to a wide audience of students, academics, practitioners, policy makers and anyone with an interest in the advancement of human rights and the eradication of glaring inequalities.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsList of Contributors1. Introduction: Comparing Poverty Phenomena in the Mediterranean Area - Maria Petmesidou and Christos PapatheodorouPart I: The Southern EU Member states, the Balkan transition countries and Turkey2. Poverty Profiles and trends. How do Southern European Countries Compare with Each Other? - Christos Papatheodorou and Maria Petmesidou3. Poverty and Poverty Discourses in Italy in Comparative Perspective - Chiara Saraceno4. Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policies in Portugal: The Experience of the Guaranteed Minimum Income - Jose Pereirinha5. Absolute Poverty of Illegal Immigrants in Spain: A Growing Problem - Ubaldo Martinez Veiga6. Poverty Reduction Strategies and Well-being in Albania and Former Yugoslavia - Gerry Redmond7. The Poor, Excluded and Transition Losers in the South-eastern European Transition Economies - Ivo Bicanic and Vojmir Franicevic8. Dynamics of Poverty in Turkey: Gender, Rural/Urban Poverty, Social Networks and Reciprocal Survival Strategies - Sibel KalayciogluPart II: The Middle East and North Africa9. Poverty in Israel: Taking a Multidimensional Approach - Jacques Silber And Michael Sorin10. The Making of Poverty in Palestine - Jamil Hilal11. Social Stratification Obstacles to Reducing Inequality and Alleviating Poverty: the Case of Lebanon - Sylvia Haladjian-Henriksen12. Understanding Recent Trends in Poverty and Inequality in the Maghreb (with Emphasis on Morocco) - Mina Baliamoune-Lutz13. 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 Maliki14. Concluding Commentary: Poverty in the Mediterranean Region: Applying a Human Rights Strategy - Peter Townsend