Social Indicators The EU and Social Inclusion |
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| Author:
| Atkinson, Tony
Cantillon, Bea
Marlier, Eric
Nolan, Brian |
| Foreword by:
| Vandenbroucke, Frank |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-925349-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2002 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $74.00 |
Book Description:
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The European social agenda is at a crucial stage. This book, which will be the definitive work on social indicators, describes the Action Plans on Social Inclusion submitted to the European Union by national governments in June 2001 and investigates the indicators that can be used to assess social progress. It deals in a new way with key issues for social policy in Europe: poverty, income inequality, non-monetary deprivation, low educational attainment, unemployment, joblessness, poor...
More DescriptionThe European social agenda is at a crucial stage. This book, which will be the definitive work on social indicators, describes the Action Plans on Social Inclusion submitted to the European Union by national governments in June 2001 and investigates the indicators that can be used to assess social progress. It deals in a new way with key issues for social policy in Europe: poverty, income inequality, non-monetary deprivation, low educational attainment, unemployment, joblessness, poor health, poor housing and homelessness, functional illiteracy and innumeracy.