Edited by Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, UK

‘A compelling exploration of how low-resource families across Europe navigate their lives. The authors interrogate an individualised conception of resilience, emphasizing the essential role of welfare states in supporting families through everyday risk, vulnerability and transitions. A vital contribution to comparative family policy research.’

• ContentsIntroduction to Families, Welfare States and Resilience xiMary Daly1 Revising the concept of resilience for application in a familialand low-income context 1Mary Daly2 The circumstances of families and the social policy contexts 20Rense Nieuwenhuis, Max Thaning, Alzbeta Bartova and WimVan Lancker3 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Belgium 42Eef Gijbels, Merve Uzunalioğlu, Alzbeta Bartova and WimVan Lancker4 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Croatia 61Ivana Dobrotić, Anja Iveković Martinis and Merve Uzunalioğlu5 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Poland 81Anna Kurowska, Agnieszka Kasperska and Mary Daly6 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Spain 101Margarita León, Ivan Cerrillo and Thomas Rochow7 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Sweden 121Lovisa Backman and Rense Nieuwenhuis8 Families with low resources striving for resilience in theUnited Kingdom 141Mary Daly and Agathe OsinskiConclusion to Families, Welfare States and Resilience 160Mary DalyAppendix: research methods and sample of participants 176

Edited by Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, UK

‘A compelling exploration of how low-resource families across Europe navigate their lives. The authors interrogate an individualised conception of resilience, emphasizing the essential role of welfare states in supporting families through everyday risk, vulnerability and transitions. A vital contribution to comparative family policy research.’

• ContentsIntroduction to Families, Welfare States and Resilience xiMary Daly1 Revising the concept of resilience for application in a familialand low-income context 1Mary Daly2 The circumstances of families and the social policy contexts 20Rense Nieuwenhuis, Max Thaning, Alzbeta Bartova and WimVan Lancker3 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Belgium 42Eef Gijbels, Merve Uzunalioğlu, Alzbeta Bartova and WimVan Lancker4 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Croatia 61Ivana Dobrotić, Anja Iveković Martinis and Merve Uzunalioğlu5 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Poland 81Anna Kurowska, Agnieszka Kasperska and Mary Daly6 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Spain 101Margarita León, Ivan Cerrillo and Thomas Rochow7 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Sweden 121Lovisa Backman and Rense Nieuwenhuis8 Families with low resources striving for resilience in theUnited Kingdom 141Mary Daly and Agathe OsinskiConclusion to Families, Welfare States and Resilience 160Mary DalyAppendix: research methods and sample of participants 176

Edited by Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, UK

‘A compelling exploration of how low-resource families across Europe navigate their lives. The authors interrogate an individualised conception of resilience, emphasizing the essential role of welfare states in supporting families through everyday risk, vulnerability and transitions. A vital contribution to comparative family policy research.’

• ContentsIntroduction to Families, Welfare States and Resilience xiMary Daly1 Revising the concept of resilience for application in a familialand low-income context 1Mary Daly2 The circumstances of families and the social policy contexts 20Rense Nieuwenhuis, Max Thaning, Alzbeta Bartova and WimVan Lancker3 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Belgium 42Eef Gijbels, Merve Uzunalioğlu, Alzbeta Bartova and WimVan Lancker4 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Croatia 61Ivana Dobrotić, Anja Iveković Martinis and Merve Uzunalioğlu5 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Poland 81Anna Kurowska, Agnieszka Kasperska and Mary Daly6 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Spain 101Margarita León, Ivan Cerrillo and Thomas Rochow7 Families with low resources striving for resilience in Sweden 121Lovisa Backman and Rense Nieuwenhuis8 Families with low resources striving for resilience in theUnited Kingdom 141Mary Daly and Agathe OsinskiConclusion to Families, Welfare States and Resilience 160Mary DalyAppendix: research methods and sample of participants 176