Old and New Poverty: The Challenge for New Reform Book

	List of Tables and Figures
	List of Contributors
	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	The Challenge of 'New Poverty': Lessons from Europe and North America	5
2	The Need for a New International Poverty Line	29
3	Women in Poverty	55
4	Poverty, Instability and Minimum Income for Integration (RMI) in France	69
5	Unemployment, the Threat of Poverty, and Social Security in Germany	94
6	A New Social Policy for the 'Active Society'	110
7	New Policies for the Twenty-first Century: A Common EC Approach	120
	Notes and References	141
	Index	156