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Combating Poverty in Local Welfare Systems

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Editors:
  1. Håkan Johansson

    1. School of Social Work, Lund University School of Social Work, Lund, Sweden

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  2. Alexandru Panican

    1. School of Social Work, Lund University School of Social Work, Lund, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Work and Welfare in Europe (RECOWE)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. A Move Towards the Local? The Relevance of a Local Welfare System Approach

    • Håkan Johansson, Alexandru Panican
    Pages 1-28

  3. The Local Welfare System as a Scale Question

    • Simone Scarpa
    Pages 29-51

  4. Conceptualising Local Welfare Systems: Exploring the Role of Actors and Governance Arrangements

    • Håkan Johansson, Max Koch
    Pages 53-76

  5. Combating Poverty Through ‘Active Inclusion’? The European and National Contexts

    • Daniel Clegg
    Pages 77-104

  6. Strategies Against Poverty and Social Exclusion in a Corporatist–Conservative Local Welfare System: The Dortmund Consensus

    • Dorothee Spannagel
    Pages 105-127

  7. Anti-poverty Activities in a Liberal Welfare Model: Local Levers and Multi-level Tensions in Glasgow, UK

    • Hayley Bennett
    Pages 129-154

  8. Strategies Against Poverty in a Social Democratic Local Welfare System: Still the Responsibility of Public Actors?

    • Alexandru Panican, Håkan Johansson
    Pages 155-177

  9. Active Inclusion in a Southern European Local Welfare System: Combining Fragmentation and Public–Private Partnership in Turin

    • Franca Maino
    Pages 179-206

  10. Poland’s Active Inclusion Model—Still in Transition? The Case of Public Agencies’ Tensions and Emerging Role of Civil Society Organisations in Radom

    • Julia Kubisa, Justyna Zielińska
    Pages 207-229

  11. Worlds of Active Inclusion at Local Level: A Comparative Analysis

    • Alexandru Panican, Anna Angelin
    Pages 231-260

  12. Concluding Remarks: Exploring the Consequences of Scale and Place for Local Active Inclusion Strategies

    • Håkan Johansson, Bjørn Hvinden
    Pages 261-275

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 277-285
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About this book

This book analyzes national anti-poverty measures at a local level via a set of unique and up-to-date empirical studies of minimum income support schemes and activation measures in five European cities. In examining this 'local welfare system' approach, it investigates the role that civil society organizations play, and the governance arrangements that prevail in contacts between public and civil society actors in local anti-poverty strategies. The current financial and economic crisis has caused increasing levels of poverty and unemployment, and put national minimum income protection schemes under severe strain. Combating Poverty in Local Welfare Systems therefore represents a timely and important intervention in the political and scientific debates as to whether more ‘local welfare’ is the solution to the challenges facing European welfare states.




















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“In this fascinating book, Johansson and Panican, together with ten prominent scholars of social policy, social work, sociology, urban studies and political science, provide a multi-disciplinary review and analysis of how, in the last two decades, welfare systems and welfare provision have become more and more local, as opposed to national – that is to say, local authorities are seen as responsible for the planning and provision of welfare services.” (Avner De Shalit, Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 48 (1), January, 2019)

“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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Social Work, Lund University School of Social Work, Lund, Sweden

    Håkan Johansson, Alexandru Panican

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Håkan Johansson is Professor in Social Work at Lund University, Sweden.Alexandru Panican is Associate Professor in Social Work at Lund University, Sweden.

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