Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Post-Communist Societies

Political Culture and Child Poverty: An examination of Western and post-communist European states

This paper examines political culture in relation to child poverty outcomes in Western European and post-communist Central and Eastern European (CEE) states. Although the European Union represents advanced industrial economies and has committed itself to the eradication of child poverty, variation in welfare policies as well as child poverty outcomes exist across Europe. Research has shown that...

Poverty, social exclusion and health in Portugal.

People in Portugal have never been so healthy. Nevertheless, there are great differences in health status between social groups and regions. In 1994, Portugal was the country with the second worst level of inequality in terms of income distribution and with the highest level of poverty in the European Union (EU). Poverty in Portugal affects mainly the elderly and women (especially in single par...

10 Poverty, social exclusion, and minorities

Poverty, the extent of relative deprivation, and the processes of social exclusion in a society have a major impact on the health of its population. All over Europe, in richer countries as well as poorer ones, those people who are worse off in socio-economic terms have worse health outcomes and higher death rates than those who are better off. Particular ‘minority’ ethnic groups are often in po...

Poverty and social exclusion in urban and rural areas of Scotland Poverty and Social Exclusion UK Survey 2012 Working Paper

The intelligentsia in the constitution of civil societies and post-communist regimes in Hungary and Poland

The most prominent actor in the 1989 transformation of Eastern Europe has been the intelligentsia, a class whose basis for power is its control over a special form of teleological knowledge, and a culturally constituted group whose claim to authority is its historic role as leaders of East European nations. 2 In the wake of revolution they have in most places replaced the communist party and wo...