Five The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma?
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Serena Romano
Abstract
Chapter five discusses how CEE countries as new EU member states had to shift from the former residual social safety net to a new “inclusive” approach to anti-poverty measures as advocated by EU institutions. It describes the main challenges that post-communist countries had to deal with in the construction of minimum income schemes and in the adoption of new ideas of social justice, mainly shaped by the condition of need as a main criterion regulating the individual right to state assistance. This chapter also traces the main patterns of poverty in CEE countries until 2008. It shows how during those years CEE countries started diverging significantly in their construction of poverty in accordance with internal priorities and visions underlying the distinction between deserving and non-deserving categories of poor.
Abstract
Chapter five discusses how CEE countries as new EU member states had to shift from the former residual social safety net to a new “inclusive” approach to anti-poverty measures as advocated by EU institutions. It describes the main challenges that post-communist countries had to deal with in the construction of minimum income schemes and in the adoption of new ideas of social justice, mainly shaped by the condition of need as a main criterion regulating the individual right to state assistance. This chapter also traces the main patterns of poverty in CEE countries until 2008. It shows how during those years CEE countries started diverging significantly in their construction of poverty in accordance with internal priorities and visions underlying the distinction between deserving and non-deserving categories of poor.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Preface x
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The construction of poverty before 1989
- Social policy in Central Eastern Europe 3
- The lifespan of a model: the construction of poverty before 1989 27
- Poverty in transition 63
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Poverty and welfare reforms after the transition
- East meets West: CEE countries, monetary institutions and the European Social Model 101
- The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma? 129
- The construction of poverty in times of austerity 173
- Conclusions 205
- References 221
- Index 249
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Preface x
-
The construction of poverty before 1989
- Social policy in Central Eastern Europe 3
- The lifespan of a model: the construction of poverty before 1989 27
- Poverty in transition 63
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Poverty and welfare reforms after the transition
- East meets West: CEE countries, monetary institutions and the European Social Model 101
- The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma? 129
- The construction of poverty in times of austerity 173
- Conclusions 205
- References 221
- Index 249
