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Apologies for cross-posting ____________________________________ Members of the list may be interested in the following book recently published by The Policy Press: SOCIAL ASSISTANCE DYNAMICS IN EUROPE NATIONAL AND LOCAL POVERTY REGIMES Edited by Chiara Saraceno, Faculty of Political Sciences and Department of Social Sciences, University of Torino, Italy Throughout Europe, income support for poorer people has become highly controversial. It is often assumed to be not the answer to, but the cause of, social exclusion, and is increasingly believed to give rise to welfare dependency. This book contributes to a more complex understanding of welfare state regimes and welfare recipients in contemporary Europe. Describing social assistance 'careers' in different national and urban contexts, it documents the strong interplay between personal biographies and policy patterns - a particularly useful perspective which complements the more structural, top-down approach of much international work in social policy. Contents: Introduction: exploring social assistance dynamics - Chiara Saraceno; Cities as local systems - Enzo Mingione, Marco Oberti and José Pereirinha; Income support measures for the poor in European cities - Yves Bonny and Nicoletta Bosco; Why some people are more likely to be on social assistance than others - Marisol Garcia and Yuri Kazepov; Paths through (and out of) social assistance - Bjorn Gustafsson, Rolf Müller, Nicola Negri and Wolfgang Voges; Deconstructing the myth of welfare dependence - Chiara Saraceno. Paperback £17.99 US$32.50 ISBN 1 86134 314 0 Hardback £45.00 US$81.00 ISBN 1 86134 315 9 320 pages Available from: Marston Book Services, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4YN. Tel: +44 (0)1235 465500 Fax: +44 (0)1235 465556 Email: [log in to unmask] USA and Canada: UTP, 5201 Dufferin Street, North York, Ontario M3H 5T8, Canada Tel: 1 800 565 9523 Fax: 1 800 221 9985 Email: [log in to unmask] ---------------------- Helen Bolton Marketing Executive The Policy Press 34 Tyndall's Park Road Bristol BS8 1PY Tel: +44 (0)117 954 6802/6800 Fax: +44 (0)117 973 7308 [log in to unmask] http://www.policypress.org.uk