Poverty And Social Exclusion In The Mediterranean Area
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Author | : Valerie Berenger |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2012-11-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1461452635 |
The events taking place in several of South Mediterranean countries since December 2010 show that multiple deprivations may be powerful drivers of political instability. Though improvements of the living conditions have been regularly principal demands along with civil and political liberties in the demonstrations, one of the main striking facts about this so-called “Arab Spring” is that poverty had not been given the same emphasis in southern Mediterranean countries during the last decades as in other areas of the developing and emerging world. Although the growing recognition that poverty is a multidimensional concept, studies of poverty in South Mediterranean countries have often been dominated by a monetary approach. However, there is a growing evidence that it is suitable to go beyond the money-metric measures of poverty and to supplement its results with other approaches that adopt a broader definition of well- being. Though poverty is only one of many causes of this “Arab Spring,” we argue that it is a key feature to understand these historic events and that it is necessary to draw a detailed picture of poverty and social exclusion for each one of these countries. Moreover, if the Union for the Mediterranean succeeds in fostering economic cooperation within the Mediterranean area, the focus on the population’s well-being of its southern members will deserve scrutiny in the next few years to understand the forces that will drive the Euro-Mediterranean relationships, in particular for migration issues. This book brings together recent advances on the measurement of poverty with empirical applications on South-Mediterranean countries. It introduces new tools for analyzing poverty and shows that the linkages between income and well-being are not straightforward and hinge on many determinants. It shows that the efficiency of poverty reducing policies should also be assessed on the basis of the satisfaction of non-income needs like health, education or participation in social life.
Author | : Karima Korayem |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Immigrants |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Maria Petmesidou |
Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2013-07-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1848137559 |
In the growth of regional identities worldwide, the Mediterranean Basin is emerging as an entity in its own right. This book, a unique collaboration among social scientists around the entire Mediterranean littoral, covers Southern Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Near East. Leading economists, sociologists and social policy experts document with new and up-to-date empirical material the changing profiles of poverty and social deprivation. The result is a thought-provoking comparison of the extent, severity and structural causes of poverty and social inequality, and the huge diversity of public responses to the challenges they pose.
Author | : Andreas Gestrich |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Civilization |
ISBN | : 9783631599471 |
This collection presents research results of the Collaborative Research Centre 600 'Strangers and Poor People. Changing Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion from Classical Antiquity to the Present Day' at Trier University. It deals with central problems of social inclusion in societies of Europe and the Mediterranean World since Antiquity. The articles assembled here explore fundamental dimensions of the self-concepts of societies and social groups. From the perspectives of different disciplines, as History, History of Law, Literature Studies and Social Sciences, they focus on five main research areas: theoretical concepts of inclusion and exclusion, rights of membership and the inclusion of strangers in political spaces, religious dimensions of poor relief from the Middle Ages up into the twentieth Century, poor law and politics of poverty and the semantics of inclusion and exclusion.
Author | : A. S. Bhalla |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Marginality, Social |
ISBN | : 9781403906205 |
"This second, substantially revised, edition contains a new chapter on the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and thus extends the scope of the book to all the three major groups of countries in the world. It attempts to show whether the nature of poverty and social exclusion is similar in the Western industrialized countries, the transition economies and the developing countries. Substantive new sections have been added on a capability approach to exclusion, on 'social capital' and on the European Union strategy to fight social exclusion."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Vassilis P. Arapoglou |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2017-09-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3319624520 |
The book uses Athens as a case study to identify the key features of urban anti-poverty policies in Greece and to discuss them in relation to policy developments in the crisis-ridden countries of Southern Europe. The idea of contested landscapes shapes the focus of the book on urban poverty and homelessness. Contested landscapes refer to the complex dynamics between visible and invisible poverty and to competing strategies on how to address them. The book takes a path-dependent view on the development of post-welfare arrangements, devolution, and pluralism that are being shaped by both neoliberal mentality, solidarity and communitarian practices. The authors draw on their own research and advocacy background in New York and Athens to shape their conceptual and methodological tools; however, rather than uncritically ‘importing’ North American and North European concepts to Greece, the book highlights the significance of distinctive Mediterranean features for analysing homelessness and anti-poverty policies. This will be a useful read for academics policy makers in areas of urban studies, sociology, social policy, human geography and anthropology.
Author | : |
Publisher | : CEPS |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9290798149 |
Focuses on social exclusion among the elderly (defined as the 55 + age group) in the EU's member States. Suggests that in all countries, poor health is an important factor increasing the risk of social exclusion.
Author | : Satya R. Chakravarty |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2019-10-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9811334323 |
This book honors the memory of Tony Atkinson, who made significant contributions to the rigorous study of income inequality, poverty, and redistribution. These essays presented, covering a span of over 30 years of research and scholarship, have been at the forefront of distributional analysis, and many of them are of prime importance for contemporary developments in the real-valued measurement of poverty and inequality, with particular reference to the concepts of fuzzy poverty assessment, vulnerability, heterogeneity/multidimensionality, unit consistency, sub-group decomposability, and dominance criteria. While all of these articles have been previously published—singly or with co-authorship—in a number of professional journals or distinguished edited volumes, this book is greatly enriched by a substantial introductions by the authors, which place the contributions in context, highlights their inter-connectedness, and relates them to the work of Tony Atkinson and other scholars. This book is of intrinsic value to welfare analysts, as well as being a tribute to a very great scholar by a fellow economist.
Author | : D. Russell Crane |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2007-10-19 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1452214565 |
"Edited by two well-known family researchers at Brigham Young University, this meticulously researched compendium is a trove of useful information on areas where poverty and family issues intersect. This volume should be the first stop for anyone beginning research on poverty and families." —CHOICE The Handbook of Families and Poverty covers hotly debated issues associated with public policy and funded research as they relate to families and poverty. Contributors, bringing multiple perspectives to bear, aim to show alternatives to welfare in subgroups facing specific challenges that are currently not adequately addressed by the welfare system. Readers will appreciate the insightful summaries of research involving poverty and its relationship to couple, marital, and family dynamics. Key Features: Provides a comprehensive view of the issues surrounding families and poverty so that readers may benefit from the findings and insights of their peers in other relevant fields, with the hope that better understanding will bring better solutions. Includes several chapters on application/intervention and theoretical issues Contains writings by contributing authors who are respected experts from a broad range of disciplines and perspectives, including business; child development; family studies; psychology; public policy; social work; and sociology.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : European Union countries |
ISBN | : |
This report contains the second generation of National Action Plans against poverty and social exclusion which have been prepared by the Member States and constitute a strong political acknowledgement, three years after the Lisbon Summit, of the continuing challenge to ensure social inclusion across the European Union.