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The successful and peaceful political transition in South Africa is regarded as a great accomplishment for its people. Unfortunately, democracy was not accompanied by economic growth and policies that could lead to a meaningful quality of life and an acceptable standard of living for all the country's citizens. There is a need for South Africa to reconcile the expectations resulting from the achievement of democracy with the realities of both the problems and the potential of the economy. As South Africa attempts to alleviate poverty through development, it is essential to balance the ever-increasing and often competing demands against limited natural resources. This article formulates some policies and programmes designed to combat poverty at its source. (Dev South Afr/DÜI)

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.

This book examines the potential role of European Union law in combating poverty and social exclusion in the European Union.

Anti-poverty strategies have been part of the European Union agenda for decades. Most saliently, over a decade ago, the EU's Member States pledged to lift 20 million people out of poverty. In spite of this commitment, the EU did not even meet a quarter of this target, and over 113 million people still were at risk of poverty and social exclusion by the end of 2020. This book addresses the incongruence between a quite developed EU policy strategy and a well-embedded legal objective on the one hand, and the lack of direct legal action on the other. Analysing the role of social policy instruments, fundamental rights, and the constitutional framework of the European Union, it makes a detailed case for a contribution of EU law to the policy objective of combating poverty and social exclusion.

Drawing on work in law, politics, social policy and economics, this book will interest scholars and policymakers in the areas of EU law, labour and social security, human rights, political science and social and public policy.

1. Combating poverty in Europe and Germany / Gerhard Backer, Walter Hanesch and Peter Krause -- 2. Welfare capitalism: The ten year impact of governments on poverty, inequality and financial risk in West Germany, the Netherlands and the USA / Bruce Headey and Ruud Muffels -- 3. How successful are European countries in reducing poverty? A micro-simulation with the ECHP / Birgit Otto and Jan Goebel -- 4. National Action Plans to combat poverty in Europe / Armindo Silva -- 5. Indicators for social inclusion in the European Union / Brian Nolan -- 6. Income, poverty and dynamics in Germany / Peter Krause -- 7. Does low income mean poverty? Some necessary extensions of poverty indicators based on economic resources / Hans-Jurgen Andress -- 8. Distribution patterns and social policy options in Germany / Richard Hauser -- 9. Social assistance between social protection and activation in Germany / Walter Hanesch -- 10. Income distribution and poverty in the OECD area: Trends and driving forces / Michael F. Forster and Mark Pearson -- 11. Labour market related poverty in Germany / Walter Hanesch -- 12. Immigrants between labour market and poverty / Michael Maschke -- 13. Social protection and activation for the unemployed / Claudia Weinkopf -- 14. Activation in the Western Europe of the 1990s: Did it make a difference? / Bjorn Hvinden -- 15. Child and family poverty in Germany / Gerhard Backer -- 16. Why are day care vouchers an effective and efficient instrument to combat child poverty in Germany? / C. Katharina Spiess and Gert G. Wagner -- 17. Social policy strategies to combat income poverty of children and families in Europe / Bea Cantillon and Karel Van den Bosch

Smallholder agriculture and poverty alleviation in indigenous communities / James Keese -- Making a statement or finding a role / Jean Grugel -- Perceptions / Patricia Feliu -- Visions of development / Laurie Occhipinti -- Market articulation and poverty eradication? / Patrick C. Wilson -- Women, microenterprise development, and poverty in Bolivia / Ana Mayta -- The transformation side of microenterprise / Makonen Getu -- Awakening / Ana María Condori -- NGOs and ecotourism in Ecuador's Amazon / Frank Hutchins -- Disencumbering development / Jeanne Simonelli and Duncan Earle

"Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous 'liberal market' regime, social and labour market policy falls within provincial jurisdiction resulting in a considerable divergence in policy mixes and outcomes between provinces. This volume offers a detailed survey of social and labour market policies since the early 2000s in Canada's four largest provinces--Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta--showing the full extent to which Canada's major provinces have chosen diverging policy paths. Quebec has succeeded in emulating European and even Nordic social democratic levels of poverty for some groups, while poverty rates and patterns in the other provinces remain close to the high levels characteristic of the North American liberal, market-oriented regime. Combating Poverty provides a unique and timely reflection on the political implications and sustainability of Canada's fragmented welfare state."--