Combating social exclusion : lessons from area-based programmes in Europe

This report explores how the experience of other European countries can help to forge successful paths to social integration in Britain.

It provides much-needed information about area-based initiatives to reduce social exclusion and in particular about whether strategies and programmes tried elsewhere might translate to, and work well in, the British context.The author identifies the most innovative policy responses focusing primarily upon countries and cities in Northern Europe where conditions are most comparable with Britain.

He assesses how different policies and instruments are brought together at the neighbourhood level in integrated approaches.

The report is essential reading for policy makers and practitioners aiming to tackle social exclusion in Britain.