The fight against poverty in the European Union – expectations versus reality
Vol. 8, No 2, 2015
Renata Pęciak University of Economics Katowice, Poland renata.peciak@ue.katowice.pl |
The FIght against poverty in the European Union – expectations versus reality |
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Magdalena Tusińska University of Economics Katowice, Poland |
ABSTRACT. One of the current ambitions of European Union (EU) policy is to reduce poverty in all Member States (MS). Over the last few years the EU and its MS have made a series of important decisions that imply stronger economic coordination in the EU as a whole and put stronger emphasis on social aspects. The aim of the research was to discuss effectiveness of the current European policy in the field of poverty and social exclusion on a basis of statistics concerning mentioned phenomena. The paper explains the most important notions, describes the attitude toward social protection common in the EU and presents documents concerning the fight against poverty. Then it juxtaposes those issues with data and questions the efficiency of the EU policy. |
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Received: April, 2015 1st Revision: May, 2015 Accepted: July, 2015 |
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DOI: 10.14254/2071- 8330.2015/8-2/10 |
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JEL Classification: D390, I320, I380, O520 |
Keywords:poverty, social exclusion, the European Union, Europe 2020 |
