Sir Tony Atkinson's last contribution: MONITORING SOCIAL INCLUSION IN EUROPE, EDITED BYANTHONY B. ATKINSON, ANNE-CATHERINE GUIO, AND ERIC MARLIER By BEA CANTILLON University of Antwerp Review of Monitoring social inclusion in Europe, edited by Anthony B. Atkin- son, Anne-Catherine Guio, and Eric Marlier (Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union, 2017, coll. Statistical Books, 551 pp., ISBN 978-92-79- 43623-9, paperback) This book contributes to the European “social indicator movement” embraced in the Lisbon strategy, the subsequent Europe 2020 agenda, and the underlying EU cooperation and coordination in the field of social protection and social inclusion (especially the Open Method of Coordination). It is a well thought out collection of excellent – though not always very recent - papers pro- duced by the second Network for the Analysis of EU-SILC (Net-SILC2). The collection of papers reflects the strength of the European Statistical System, dem- onstrates the significance of the European social indicators to understand and monitor social progress, puts the indicators into perspective, and presents innova- tive ways for their improvement and enrichment. This book is the last contribution of Sir Tony Atkinson to the European social inclusion process that he cherished so deeply. In 2001 Frank Vanden- broucke – then Belgian Minister of Social Affairs and Pensions – gave Sir Tony Atkinson the lead on drafting a report on Indicators for Social Inclusion (after- ward amended and published as Atkinson et al., 2002). By concretizing the Euro- pean social ambitions in a set of indicators of social performance, subsequently adopted by the European Council in December 2001, that report made an impor- tant contribution to what may be regarded as the first move towards “Social Europe”. Six years later, on the eve of the relaunched Lisbon Strategy, when the initial aspirations did not seem close to becoming a reality, a second book was published: The EU and Social Inclusion (Marlier et al., 2007). In that book the focus is on how advancements could be reached in the new context of the Eastern Enlargement Process. 1 Monitoring Social Inclusion in Europe is the last of the tril- ogy. It presents further significant developments and refinements of the tools to measure, understand, and tackle poverty, social exclusion, and inequality. This volume is a “must read” for all scholars, statisticians, and policymakers whose aim is to contribute to social justice in Europe through excellence in research, measurement, and monitoring. The richness and diversity of the contributions 1 In 2004 eight post-communist states joined the Union. V C 2017 International Association for Research in Income and Wealth 585 Review of Income and Wealth Series 63, Number 3, September 2017 DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12340