Combating Poverty in Local Welfare Systems.

Intro -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: A Move Towards the Local? The Relevance of a Local Welfare System Approach -- Challenges to National Models of Welfare -- Purpose and Research Questions -- Studying Local Welfare Systems in Different Welfare Regimes -- Structure of the Book -- References -- 2: The Local Welfare System as a Scale Question -- Introduction -- Scales, Territories and Places of the Welfare State -- The Concept of Scale as an Analytical Entry Point -- A Scale-Attuned Analysis of Welfare State Decentralisation -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Conceptualising Local Welfare Systems: Exploring the Role of Actors and Governance Arrangements -- Introduction -- Rescaling 'National' Welfare Regimes -- Dimensions and Actors of Local Welfare -- The Governance of Local Welfare -- Partnership, Participation and Control -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Combating Poverty Through 'Active Inclusion'? The European and National Contexts -- Introduction -- Active Inclusion on the European Policy Agenda -- A Challenging Economic Context -- Diverse National Policy Legacies -- National Reform Agendas in Minimum Income Protection -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Strategies Against Poverty and Social Exclusion in a Corporatist-Conservative Local Welfare System: The Dortmund Consensus -- Introduction -- The Local Welfare System in a National Context -- Anti-poverty Policies at Local Level in Germany -- Cooperation and Participatory Governance in Dortmund -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Anti-poverty Activities in a Liberal Welfare Model: Local Levers and Multi-­level Tensions in Glasgow, UK -- Introduction -- The Provision of Minimum Income and Welfare Services -- Combating Poverty at Local Level -- Civil Society Organisations -- A Complex and Multi-scalar Local Welfare System.

Three Local Strategies That Contrast with Central Regulation -- Local Ideas: Participatory Approach (Conflicting) -- Local Strategies: Income Maximisation (Contradicting) -- Local Programmes (Competing) -- Deliberate Decoupling? -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Strategies Against Poverty in a Social Democratic Local Welfare System: Still the Responsibility of Public Actors? -- Introduction -- Combating Poverty Under Social Democratic Government -- Local Problem Pressure and Local Active Inclusion Strategies -- The Role of CSOs in the Local Welfare System -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Active Inclusion in a Southern European Local Welfare System: Combining Fragmentation and Public-Private Partnership in Turin -- Introduction -- The Socio-Economic and Political Context -- Interviewee Lista -- Local Fragmentation and Minimum Income Schemes -- National Interventions into Local Provision: The New Social Card -- Support and Services Provided by Third-­Sector Organisations -- Active Inclusion Measures for Combating Poverty -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 9: Poland's Active Inclusion Model-Still in Transition? The Case of Public Agencies' Tensions and Emerging Role of Civil Society Organisations in Radom -- Introduction -- Changes and Legacies in the Polish Welfare State -- Reforming Minimum Income Support -- Challenges to the Local Welfare System -- Local Political Context and Poverty Debates -- Tensions Among Public Agencies at Local Level -- The Role of NGOs' in the Local Welfare System -- Conclusion: The Emerging New Local Welfare System -- References -- 10: Worlds of Active Inclusion at Local Level: A Comparative Analysis -- Introduction -- Local Political Contexts and Discourses on Poverty -- Governing Active Inclusion at Local Level: A Multi-level and Multi-dimensional Approach.

Coordination Challenges of Multi-level Active Inclusion at the Local Level -- Multi-level Active Inclusion: Social Assistance -- Multi-level Active Inclusion: Activation Policies -- Coordination Challenges of Multi-dimensional Active Inclusion at the Local Level -- Multi-dimensional Active Inclusion: Activation Policies -- Multi-dimensional Active Inclusion: Social Assistance -- Implementing Multi-stakeholder Active Inclusion: Relationships Between the Public and Third Sectors -- Conclusions -- References -- 11: Concluding Remarks: Exploring the Consequences of Scale and Place for Local Active Inclusion Strategies -- Introduction -- Exploring Scale and Local Welfare Systems -- Exploring Place and Local Welfare Systems -- Towards Better Coordinated Active Inclusion Strategies -- References -- Index.

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