Absolute Poverty in Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Hidden Phenomenon

by Gottfried Schweiger (Contribution by), Christian Neuhäuser (Contribution by), Elena Pribytkova (Contribution by), Guillem Fernandez Evangelista (Contribution by), Anna Sofia Salonen (Contribution by)

Overview

Engaging systematically with severe forms of poverty in Europe, this important book stimulates academic, public and policy debate by shedding light on aspects of deprivation and exclusion of people in absolute poverty in affluent societies. It examines issues such as access to health care, housing and nutrition, poverty related shame, and violence. The book investigates different policy and civic responses to extreme poverty, ranging from food donations to penalisation and “social cleansing” of highly visible poor and how it is related to concerns of ethics, justice and human dignity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447341284
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Helmut P Gaisbauer is Senior Scientist at the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, Salzburg University, with research interests in normative philosophy and political theory. He is also President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Ethics in Salzburg. Gottfried Schweiger is Senior Scientist at the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg. He works in social and political philosophy. Clemens Sedmak is Professor of social ethics and holds a joint appointment in the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame. He is also the FM Schmölz OP Professor for Social Ethics and Head of the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables v

Notes on contributors viii

1 Absolute poverty in Europe: introduction Helmut P. Gaisbauer Gottfried Schweiger Clemens Sedmak 1

Part 1 Conceptual and methodological challenges

2 Reconceptualising poverty in Europe: exclusion, marginality and absolute poverty reframed through participatory relational space Lena Dominelli 17

3 Measures of extreme poverty applied in the European Union Jonathan Bradshaw Oleksandr Movshuk 39

4 The uncounted poor in EU-SILC: a statistical profile of the income and living conditions of homeless people, undocumented immigrants and travellers in Belgium Ides Nicaise Ingrid Schockaert Tuba Bircan 73

5 Measuring absolute poverty: shame is all you need Robert Walker 97

Part 2 Key issues for the absolute poor

6 Health care for the absolute poor Ursula Trummer 121

7 Housing deprivation Patricia Kennedy Nessa Winston 137

8 Food poverty and the families the state has turned its back on: the case of the UK Rebecca O'Connell Julia Brannen 159

9 Back to the origins: early interpersonal trauma and the intergenerational transmission of violence within the context of urban poverty Carlos Pitillas 183

10 Unravelling the complexities of poverty in Northern Ireland, a new immigration destination Ruth McAreavey 211

11 High accompaniment needs: absolute poverty and vulnerable migrants Clemens Sedmak 229

Part 3 Policy responses to absolute poverty in Europe

12 Absolute poverty and social protection in the EU: a cross-national comparison Stefanos Papanastasiou 249

13 Faith-based organisations as actors in the charity economy: a case study of food assistance in Finland Anna Sofia Salonen Tina Silvasti 267

14 Absolute poverty and the EU Social Policy Agenda Helmut P. Gaisbauer 289

15 Penalising homelessness in Europe Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista 313

16 Protection from poverty in the European Court of Human Rights Elena Pribytkova 335

Part 4 Ethical perspectives on absolute poverty in Europe

17 Dignity, self-respect and real poverty in Europe Christian Neuhäuser 363

18 Justice and absolute poverty Gottfried Schweiger 383

Conclusion: responding to the dark reality of absolute poverty in European welfare states Helmut P. Gaisbauer Gottfried Schweiger Clemens Sedmak 397

Index 411

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A landmark text. It will be vital reading for anyone seeking an understanding of the circumstances, extent and impacts of absolute poverty in contemporary Europe, and the urgency of tackling it.” Gideon Calder, Swansea University

Editorial Reviews

This is a rich text and a goldmine of data as well as of real-life stories and, as such, the present book review cannot do justice to all its qualities… a worthwhile read to all social workers.” European Journal of Social Work

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