1. Introduction: social exclusion, partnership and local governance
new problems, new policy discourses in the European Union / John Benington and Mike Geddes
2. Social exclusion and partnership in the European Union / Mike Geddes and John Benington
3. Partnerships against exclusion in a Nordic welfare state: a difficult mix? / Mikko Kautto and Matti Heikkila
4. Local partnerships and social exclusion in France: experiences and ambiguities / Patrick Le Gales and Patricia Longle-Moriceau
5. Grass roots local partnerships in the Federal Republic of Germany: instruments for social inclusion and economic integration? / Karl Birkholzer and Gunther Lorenz.