Aranguiz, Ane <br/><br/>
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in European Union Law 

 - Oxford  Taylor & Francis  2022 
 - 1 electronic resource (288 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> This book examines the potential role of European Union law in combating poverty and social exclusion in the European Union. Anti-poverty strategies have been part of the European Union agenda for decades. Most saliently, over a decade ago, the EU’s Member States pledged to lift 20 million people out of poverty. In spite of this commitment, the EU did not even meet a quarter of this target, and over 113 million people still were at risk of poverty and social exclusion by the end of 2020. This book addresses the incongruence between a quite developed EU policy strategy and a well-embedded legal objective on the one hand, and the lack of direct legal action on the other. Analysing the role of social policy instruments, fundamental rights, and the constitutional framework of the European Union, it makes a detailed case for a contribution of EU law to the policy objective of combating poverty and social exclusion. Drawing on work in law, politics, social policy and economics, this book will interest scholars and policymakers in the areas of EU law, labour and social security, human rights, political science and social and public policy. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781003222125 9781000563504 9781003222125 9781032119113 9781000563528 9781032119090 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781003222125  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social discrimination and social justice<br/>Political economy<br/>Law and society, sociology of law<br/>Public international law: human rights<br/>Social law and Medical law<br/>Public administration<br/>Sociology<br/>Civics and citizenship
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>EU Level European Semester EU Institution Member States EU Social Policy Fundamental Social Rights EU Legal Instrument Social Protection Systems EU Instrument Minimum Income Schemes Headline Target Reference Budgets EU Law In-work Poverty EU Value EU Legislator Minimum Income Integrated Guidelines Minimum Income Benefits EU Primary Law EU Priority EU Legal Act Union's Policy Objective Generation EU Implement EU Law