Social Exclusion and Human Dignity in Europe:Background Report for the Proposed İnitiative by the Council of Europe
İÇİNDEKİLERTABLE OF CONTENTS1. POVERTY TRENDS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION 1.1 INTRODUCTION........................................... 1.2 CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS AND MEASURES.................... 1.3 POVERTY LINES AND DATA SOURCES........................ 1.3.1 Well-being .......................................... 1.3.2 Poverty Measurement.................................. 1.4 CROSS-NATIONAL AND INTER-TEMPORAL COMPARISONS IN EUROPE.................................................. 1.5 UNIT OF MEASUREMENT .................................. 1.6 INEQUALITY ............................................. 1.7 CHOICE OF INCOME OR CONSUMPTION-BASED MEASURES OF POVERTY .......................................•........ 1.8 PERSISTENT POVERTY..................................... 1.9 LIFECYCLE, TRANSIENT AND CHRONIC POVERTY............. 1.10 CONSENSUAL APPROACHES TO MEASUREMENT: DEPRIVATION 1.11 ABSOLUTE POVERTY ...................................... 1.12 HEADCOUNTS, POVERTY GAPS AND MORE COMPLEX POVERTY INDICES ................................................. 1.13 VULNERABLE GROUPS..................................... 1.14 REGIONAL DIFFERENCES: TRANSITION ECONOMIES .......... 1.15 PERSPECTIVES ON THE POVERTY DEBATE IN THE SOUTHERN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES AND COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION . . . J ■ SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL RIGHTS 2.1 THE CONCEFTS OF CHRONIC POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION . . 2.2 MEASUREMENT.............................................. 2.3 THEORIES AND EXPLANATIONS ............................... 2.4 RIGHTS..................................................... 2.5 THE CONTEXT FOR A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO COMBATING SOCIAL EXCLUSION.............................. 2.6 THE SCOPE FOR A RIGHTS-BASED AFFROACH TO COMBATING EXCLUSION ................................................. 2.7 SOCIAL POLICY.............................................. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 CONCLUSIONS: DATA SOURCES, MEASUREMENT AND COMPARABILITY............................................. 3.2 CONCLUSIONS: SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL RIGHTS........ BIBLIOGRAPHY.................................................... APPENDIX 1 : TABLES FROM HAGENAARS ............................ AFFENDIX 2 : TABLES FROM SIPOS___............................... APPENDIX 3 : TABLE FROM BARREIROS............................... ! APPENDIX 4 : PARADIGMS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION..................... ! APPENDIX 5 : THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE..........................................<  |
