Local Partnership and Social Exclusion in the European Union

This book explores local partnership-based initiatives to tackle European-wide problems of poverty and social exclusion. A major comparative study of the fast developing theme of social exclusion the contributors look at its causes effects and at the ways it might be combatted. Based on in-depth cross-national research from areas across Europe it provides a uniquely authoritative account of the complexities of policy development in the EU and will be invaluable to researchers in European studies politics and economics.