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“This volume provides an excellent comparative analysis on the implications of the growing relevance of local welfare systems in Europe. It avoids the “local trap” and using the local as an entry point, disentangles the complex web of multi-layered social policy arrangements against poverty. It avoids the “convergence rhetoric trap” embedding local changes in their contexts. A necessary read to critically unveil the issues at stake.” (Yuri Kazepov, University of Vienna, Austria)
“This book takes us beyond the realm of minimum income protection and statutory safety nets by exploring the "thick" nature of local welfare systems. What emerges from the various chapters is a fascinating picture of grass-root experiments to fight poverty and exclusion, involving a multitude of actors and resources. At the local level, the echo of national regime feature does remain, but it leaves ample room for innovation and hybridization of goals and instruments. A rich and original volume, whichprovides precious insights to both academic and policy debates.” (Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan, Italy)
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Book Title: Combating Poverty in Local Welfare Systems
Editors: Håkan Johansson, Alexandru Panican
Series Title: Work and Welfare in Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53190-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53189-6Published: 27 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53190-2Published: 12 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-4124
Series E-ISSN: 2947-4132
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 285
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Development Aid, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Politics of the Welfare State, Comparative Social Policy