Redefining and combating poverty Human rights, democracy and common goods in today’s Europe

Contents

Foreword

Gilda Farrell ……………………………………………………………………………… 7

Introduction – Redefining poverty so as to fight it

Alessandra Sciurba ……………………………………………………………………. 9

Part A – Poverty yesterday and today: types of approach ……… 19

A historical perspective: from social inclusion to excluding democracy

Emilio Santoro ………………………………………………………………………… 21

Examining the relationships of poverty

Laurent Bonelli ……………………………………………………………………….. 59

Part B – Human rights against poverty …………………………………. 81

Guaranteeing human rights in situations of poverty

Diane Roman …………………………………………………………………………. 83

Human rights of people experiencing poverty in Europe: standards, obstacles and perspectives of protection in Council

of Europe instruments

Part 1: The European Convention on Human Rights

Johannes Gerds …………………………………………………………………….. 115

Human rights of people experiencing poverty in Europe: standards, obstacles and perspectives of protection in Council

of Europe instruments

Part 2: The European Social Charter

Johannes Gerds …………………………………………………………………….. 151

Part C – Concrete examples: poverty as a consequence of transition …………………………………………………………… 175

Emergence of poverty in transition countries in South-East Europe: the case of Bulgaria

Ilona Tomova ……………………………………………………………………….. 177

Social justice and poverty in Russia

Lidia Prokofieva …………………………………………………………………….. 197

Part D – Democracy, social justice and poverty ……………………. 215

Poverty and democracy – Chances and conflicts

Dirk Berg-Schlosser ………………………………………………………………… 217

“Poor bodies” in suspension

Federica Sossi ……………………………………………………………………….. 231

Social justice, deficit reduction and diminishing social rights – Lessons from the UK’s “Big Society”

Anna Coote and Faiza Shaheen ………………………………………………. 243

Part E – Present-day strategies for overcoming poverty ………. 265

(a) Basic income: a proposal ………………………………………………….. 265

Basic income, social justice and poverty

Yannick Vanderborght ……………………………………………………………. 267

The basic income and the different egalitarian rights to security

Louise Haagh ……………………………………………………………………….. 285

(b) The strategy of common assets ………………………………………… 305

Providing direct access to social justice by renewing common sense: the state, the market and some preliminary questions

about the commons

Ugo Mattei …………………………………………………………………………… 307

Commons, social justice and environmental justice

Tommaso Fattori …………………………………………………………………… 325

The commons, social cohesion and the autonomy of social reproduction

Observatorio Metropolitano ……………………………………………………. 363

Combating poverty in the 21st century

Gilda Farrell ………………………………………………………………………….. 375

Contributors …………

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