Social security, poverty and social exclusion in rich and poorer countries
By: Peter Saunders and Roy Sainsbury (eds.).
Series: International series on social security -- v. 16; International studies on social security (FISS) -- v. 16
Publisher: Intersentia; Intersentia Uitgevers N.V.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Antwerp; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789400000308
Subjects: Social policy; Social security; Poverty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Reflections on Peter Townsend's contribution to social security research  -- Jonathan Bradshaw; title: Social security, poverty and social exclusion in rich and poorer countries: introduction and overview  -- Peter Saunders and Roy Sainsbury; title: Poverty and social security in the rich egalitarian EU member states  -- Bea Cantillon; title: Poverty in the OECD area : patterns and longer-term trends  -- Michael F. Förster; title: Women, poverty, and social policy regimes : a cross- national analysis  -- Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti; title: How well is social expenditure targeted to the poor?  -- Koen Caminada and Kees Goudswaard; title: Comparative analysis of determinants and effects of social protection spending in the new EU member states  -- Miroslav Beblavý; title: Impact of public services on inequality in income distribution in the Nordic welfare states  -- Maria Vaalavuo; title: Deprivation, social exclusion and social security in Australia  -- Peter Saunders; title: Myth of egalitarian society : poverty and social exclusion in Japan  -- Aya K. Abe; title: Dynamics of poverty in the Swedish welfare state - a study of labour force debutants in hard and easy times  -- Mats Johansson and Edward Palmer; title: Neighbourhood child poverty in Sweden  -- Björn Gustafsson and Torun Österberg; title: Inequality and poverty in the Danish welfare state: recent developments and driving forces  -- Anders Bøggild Christensen; title: Effect of relationship breakdown on income and social exclusion -- David de Vaus, Matthew Gray, Lixia Qu and David Stanton.