understanding of how these policies are formed in a globalizing world. It emphasises the context- and path-dependence of patterns …

understanding of how these policies are formed in a globalizing world. It emphasises the context- and path-dependence of patterns … policy matter during globalization? -- 1.4 Social policy in the development studies literature -- Governance -- Social … development literature: project focus -- Globalization -- 1.5 Structure of the book -- Chapter 2 Globalization, Inequality and the …

How should relative poverty be defined and measured in a European Union where there are substantial variations in … suggests that Europe-wide comparisons are more important to the perception of poverty than the convention of national relative … poverty lines would have led us to expect. Even relative poverty is more prevalent in the new low-income (eastern) countries …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …