Full Description
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.
Contents
PART I Introduction; R.Gutiérrez, R.Peña-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.Gutiérrez, & M.Ibáñez In-work-poverty, the French Case: In-work Poor or Poverty Due to Lack of Work?; G.Allègre 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.Allègre & K.Jaehrling Dynamics of In-work Poverty; R.Gutiérrez, M.Ibáñez & A.Tejero Solving the Gender Paradox of the Working Poor: Opening the Household Black Box by Individualising In-work Poverty Risks; R.Peña-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.Allègre Migration and In-work Poverty; B.Alvarez-Miranda Conclusion; N.Fraser, R.Gutiérrez & R.Peña-Casas
