Combating poverty in Europe: the German welfare regime in practice

1. Combating poverty in Europe and Germany / Gerhard Backer, Walter Hanesch and Peter Krause -- 2. Welfare capitalism: The ten year impact of governments on poverty, inequality and financial risk in West Germany, the Netherlands and the USA / Bruce Headey and Ruud Muffels -- 3. How successful are European countries in reducing poverty? A micro-simulation with the ECHP / Birgit Otto and Jan Goebel -- 4. National Action Plans to combat poverty in Europe / Armindo Silva -- 5. Indicators for social inclusion in the European Union / Brian Nolan -- 6. Income, poverty and dynamics in Germany / Peter Krause -- 7. Does low income mean poverty? Some necessary extensions of poverty indicators based on economic resources / Hans-Jurgen Andress -- 8. Distribution patterns and social policy options in Germany / Richard Hauser -- 9. Social assistance between social protection and activation in Germany / Walter Hanesch -- 10. Income distribution and poverty in the OECD area: Trends and driving forces / Michael F. Forster and Mark Pearson -- 11. Labour market related poverty in Germany / Walter Hanesch -- 12. Immigrants between labour market and poverty / Michael Maschke -- 13. Social protection and activation for the unemployed / Claudia Weinkopf -- 14. Activation in the Western Europe of the 1990s: Did it make a difference? / Bjorn Hvinden -- 15. Child and family poverty in Germany / Gerhard Backer -- 16. Why are day care vouchers an effective and efficient instrument to combat child poverty in Germany? / C. Katharina Spiess and Gert G. Wagner -- 17. Social policy strategies to combat income poverty of children and families in Europe / Bea Cantillon and Karel Van den Bosch