Working Poverty in Europe [Hardcover]

Offering a comparative perspective, this?book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a 'post-fordist' model of production.PART I Introduction;? R.Guti?rrez, R.Pe?a-Casas & ?N.Fraser In-work-poverty in Europe: A Comparative Perspective;? A. Goerne Worlds of Working Poverty: Cross-national Variation in the Mechanisms that Produce Working Poverty;? E.Crettaz? & G.Bonoli PART II In-work Poverty in Spain;? I.Garcia, R.Guti?rrez, & M.Ib??ez In-work-poverty, the French Case: In-work Poor or Poverty Due to Lack of Work?;? G.All?gre In- work poverty in the UK;? N.Fraser When Dual Earnership is Not Enough: Poland as an Illustration the Specificities of In-work Poverty in Central and Eastern Europe;? A.Safuta In-work Poverty in Sweden;? B.Hallerod & D.Larsson PART III Social Assistance Schemes and Financial Incentives to Work: Tradeoffs and Consequences: A European Cross-country Comparison;? G.All?gre & K.Jaehrling Dynamics of In-work Poverty;? R.Guti?rrez, M.Ib??ez? & A.Tejero Solving the Gender Paradox of the Working Poor: Opening the Household Black Box by Individualising In-work Poverty Risks;? R.Pe?a-Casas? & D.Ghailani Work, Family or State? From Wage Inequalities to Standard of Living Inequalities and In-work Poverty in a European Cross-country Perspective;? G.All?gre Migration and In-work Poverty;? B.Alvarez-Miranda Conclusion;? N.Fraser, R.Guti?rrez & R.Pe?a-Casas

'Recommended' - CHOICE

'The crosscutting themes offer valuable insights, particularly with regard to mobility into and out of working poverty and the position of women. The chapters being written in the form of articles and therefore readable separately as well as together, readers may choose to select only the parts most interesting to them.' CLR News

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