Minimum Income Protection in Flux

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
A New Dawn for Minimum Income Protection?....Pages 1-27
Struggle for Life: Social Assistance Benefits, 1992–2009....Pages 28-53
Mind the Gap: Net Incomes of Minimum Wage Workers in the EU and the US....Pages 54-80
Child Poverty as a Government Priority: Child Benefit Packages for Working Families, 1992–2009....Pages 81-107
Minimum Income Protection for Europe’s Elderly: What and How Much has been Guaranteed during the 2000s?....Pages 108-136
From Universalism to Selectivity: Old Wine in New Bottles for Child Benefits in Europe and Other Countries....Pages 137-160
Categorical Differentiation in the Light of Deservingness Perceptions: Institutional Structures of Minimum Income Protection for Immigrants and for the Disabled....Pages 161-189
Origin and Genesis of Activation Policies in ‘Old’ Europe: Towards a Balanced Approach?....Pages 190-216
Social Assistance Governance in Europe: Towards a Multilevel Perspective....Pages 217-248
Minimum Social Protection in the CEE/CIS Countries: The Failure of a Model....Pages 249-270
The EU and Minimum Income Protection: Clarifying the Policy Conundrum....Pages 271-317
Back Matter....Pages 318-335