Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Italy Spain Portugal and Greece Routledge Eui Studies in Political Economy 1st Edition by M Ferrera ISBN 0415324092 9780415324090

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Author: M Ferrera

Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Italy Spain Portugal and Greece Routledge Eui Studies in Political Economy 1st Table of contents:

1: Welfare States and Social Safety Nets in Southern Europe: An Introduction

• Welfare states and safety nets

• Southern European welfare and the delayed development of social assistance

• Greece: big debates, but little progress

• Italy: grand reforms and patchy experiments

• Spain: regional schemes, variable geometry

• Portugal: from pilot initiatives to a fully-fledged national RMI scheme

• Some comparative conclusions: Southern Europe as a model for transition countries?

• Notes

• References

2: Greece—Fighting with Hands Tied Behind the Back: Anti-Poverty Policy without a Minimum Income

• Introduction

• The development of poverty alleviation policies

• Poverty alleviation policies

• The strategy against poverty and social exclusion

• Minimum income as a contested issue

• Conclusion

• Notes

• References

3: Italy—Striving Uphill but Stopping Halfway: The Troubled Journey of the Experimental Minimum Insertion Income

• Introduction

• Poverty alleviation in Italy: a historical perspective

• A snapshot of problems: poverty and the Italian welfare state

• The picture today

• Access to the RMI and criteria of eligibility

• Conclusion

• Appendix

• Acknowledgements

• Notes

• References

4: Spain—Poverty, Social Exclusion and “Safety Nets”

• Introduction

• Historical background

• The social situation: recent developments

• Conclusion

• Acknowledgements

• Notes

• References

5: Portugal—A Virtuous Path Towards Minimum Income?

• Introduction

• Social protection and anti-poverty policies: historical background

• The social situation: recent trends

• The guaranteed minimum income (GMI)

• Conclusion

• Appendix

• Notes

• References

6: Poverty and the Safety Net in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in the Post-Communist Era

• Introduction

• The outline and data sources of this chapter

• Historical legacies of the socialist era and the first phase of transition

• Inter-regional differences in income inequality and poverty

• Causes of income inequalities and poverty in the post-communist era

• Poverty alleviation measures

• Poverty and social assistance in Bulgaria and Romania

• Strategies for the future: lessons from Southern Europe?

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