Giving voice to people in poverty in Belgian social policy making since the 1990's : a window of opportunity for a political demarche?

The United Nations declared 17 October 1994 to be the first ‘World Day against Poverty’. On that occasion, the General Report on Poverty (GRP) was launched, which acquired a great symbolic value in the history of the fight against poverty in Belgium. The report is generally considered to be a significant milestone in Belgian’s poverty policy as it represents a public recognition of the interests and concerns of poor people, and installed the idea of giving voice to the poor as a new paradigm in social policy making in Belgium and Europe. Based on an extensive documentary analysis of ATD Fourth... Mehr ...