SOCIAL POLICY: CHALLENGES, DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS

SOCIAL POLICY: CHALLENGES, DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 PERMANENT EMERGENCY WELFARE REGIMES & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN WEST SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

INTRODUCTION

SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN WEST SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

From Political Independence to Economic Independence?

The Present Economic Situation of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal8

Human Development in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal

PERMANENT EMERGENCY WELFARE REGIMES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Welfare Regime Typologies: Previous Classifications

Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes: A Summary of Key Features

WELFARE, EMPOWERMENT AND DEMOCRACY

Capability Approach and Well-Being

Redistribution, Democracy and Welfare

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 WELFARE HISTORY OF DENMARK

1. INTRODUCTION

2. HISTORICAL AND CORE ISSUES UNTIL 2ND WORLD WAR

3. WELFARE POLICY AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR UNTIL 1970

3. CRISIS AND CONTINUED EXPANSION UNTIL THE NEW MILLENNIUM

4. 2000 UNTIL NOW PROSPERITY AND FULL EMPLOYMENT AGAIN

5. SOME CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 3 THE POVERTY OF MINIMUM WAGES AS AN ANTI-POVERTY POLICY

INTRODUCTION

NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES AS AN ANTI-POVERTY DEVICE

Many Poor do not Work or Work Few Hours or Earn Above the Minimum

Poorly Targeted in that Spillover Effects Go to the Non- Poor

Poverty a Family Concept

Minimum Wage Jobs as Temporary Stepping Stones

Badly Targeted in Terms of Who Should Pay

Poverty can be Exacerbated by Job Loss and Reduced Hours

Negative Effects on Education

Negative Effects on Training

Negative Effects on Prices of Goods Consumed by the Poor

Summary of Potential Minimum Wage Effects on Poverty

EVIDENCE ON IMPACT OF MINIMUM WAGES ON POVERTY

Direct Estimates of Poverty Rates Regressed on Minimum Wages

Simulation Studies and Studies of Transitions into and out of Poverty

Summary of the Effect of Minimum Wages on Poverty

SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 4 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: SOCIAL POLICY AND INTERVENTIONS

INTRODUCTION

Defining Developmental Psychopathology

Integrating Developmental Psychopathology Research with Social Policy

The Case of Externalizing Problems

The Case of Co-Occurring Internalizing and Externalizing Problems

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 5 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: THE BRAZILIAN SCENARIO

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WOMEN AND POVERTY

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

RESEARCH DESIGN AND RESPONDENTS

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES

SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

VIOLENCE AND RELATIONSHIPS

PRACTICE, POLICY AND PREVENTION ISSUES

REFERENCES

Chapter 6 WHAT IS SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION? A COMPARISON OF SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION POLICY FRAMEWORKS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE RECOVERY PROCESS

POLICY CONTEXT

OPERATIONAL SIMILARITIES

Continuum of Care

TEMPORARY SUPPORT

USE OF MODIFIED THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY PRINCIPLES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7 THE TREATY OF ACCESSION OF BULGARIA AND ROMANIA TO THE EU AND THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS

1. THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS IN THE COMMON EUROPEAN MARKET

2. THE DIFFERENTIAL APPLICATION OF THE FREE MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS REGIME

3. THE TRANSITIONAL MEASURES APPLICABLE TO BULGARIA AND ROMANIA

(A) The Schengen Area

(B) The Free Movement of Workers

4. THE ITALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSITIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS

REFERENCES

Chapter 8 RISK, GOVERNMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY

INTRODUCTION

MORAL PANICS AND RISK

A Fat Australia

A Drunken Australia

A Frightened Australia

A Determined Australia

A Concerned Australia

RISK TRANSFER

RISKY CORRECTIONS

RISKY CHILD PROTECTION

RISKY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

PRIVATISING CITIZENS’ RISK

REFERENCES

Chapter9THEROLEOFMEDIAINEARTHQUAKEPREDICTION

Abstract

1.Introduction

2.TheModel

3.InformationTransmission:TheRoleofMediaI

3.1.ComparingStatics

4.SensationalisticReporting:TheRoleofMediaII

5.Conclusion

6.Acknowledgments

References

INDEX

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