Disappointing poverty trends: Is the social investment state to blame?

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-471

  Vandenbroucke, Frank ^a   Vleminckx, Koen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Federal Public Service Social Security   (Belgium)

Author keywords

inequality; Lisbon strategy; poverty; social investment; social protection

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR POLICY; POVERTY; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 83355176664     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928711418857     Document Type: Article

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