TY - GEN AU - Aranguiz,Ane TI - Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in European Union Law SN - 9781003222125 PY - 2022/// CY - Oxford PB - Taylor & Francis KW - Social discrimination and social justice KW - bicssc KW - Political economy KW - Law and society, sociology of law KW - Public international law: human rights KW - Social law and Medical law KW - Public administration KW - Sociology KW - Civics and citizenship KW - EU Level KW - European Semester KW - EU Institution KW - Member States KW - EU Social Policy KW - Fundamental Social Rights KW - EU Legal Instrument KW - Social Protection Systems KW - EU Instrument KW - Minimum Income Schemes KW - Headline Target KW - Reference Budgets KW - EU Law KW - In-work Poverty KW - EU Value KW - EU Legislator KW - Minimum Income KW - Integrated Guidelines KW - Minimum Income Benefits KW - EU Primary Law KW - EU Priority KW - EU Legal Act KW - Union's Policy Objective KW - Generation EU KW - Implement EU Law N1 - Open Access N2 - 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 UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102890/1/9781000563504.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160708 ER -