In Greece, after many years of failure to establish a national-level guaranteed minimum
income (GMI) in line with European Union (EU) recommendations, the government recently …

Abstract The Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) was created in Portugal by a centre‐left
Socialist Party government in 1996, as the most important constitutive part of a 'new …

The social policy literature indicates a notable shift towards activation in minimum income
schemes (MIS) since the 1990s, which has led to the emergence of new policy varieties …

The Italian welfare state has experienced a huge reform trend in the last two decades. This
has been consistent with a lengthy (and still limited) transition towards a more financially …

This paper explores the impact of the 2007 European Union enlargement on the
consumption behaviour of immigrant households. Using data from a unique Italian survey …

120 Andrea Ciarini widely from country to country, through the private market, the direct
involvement of public institutions or different mixes of public and private/formal and informal …

This paper for the first time compares trends in minimum income protection for three different
target groups: the working, the non-working (but able to work) of active age and the elderly. It …

This volume presents a new perspective for discussing the European social contract and its
main challenges, bringing together single-nation and comparative studies from across …

Il contributo si propone di approfondire il fenomeno della povertà alimentare in chiave
multidisciplinare e critica nel contesto delle politiche locali del cibo, adottando un approccio …

When and why do politicians introduce minimum income reforms? Traditionally, this policy
sector has been considered less invested by partisan politics dynamics, in reason of low …