Dr. Vida Česnuitytė is Associated Professor of the Sociology at Mykolas Romeris University. Over fifteen years in various positions participate in research projects. Main research interests concern family conceptualization, family practices, family quality life, social policy, and social research methods. Prof. Gerardo Meil is Professor at Atonomous University of Madrid, and President of the European Society on Family Relations. His research fields include family lives, balancing working and private lives, gender studies, domestic violence, new family forms, job mobility, social policies and family policies.

Sociologists offer novel knowledge on experiences and behavior strategies of European families during the decade after the global economic crisis at the beginning of the 21st century. Among their topics are social inequality and intergenerational solidarity in European welfare states, material deprivation and personal wellbeing of single mothers in Lithuania, deprivations and transfers between three generations: a regional analysis across Europe, below the breadline: families and food in austerity Britain, and lives of families in face of economic crisis in Europe. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution.

• Introduction; Vida Česnuitytė, & Gerardo Meil Part I. Economic Hardships Experienced By Families Chapter 1. What Are The Family Characteristics That Better Help To Cope With The Economic Crisis? Evidence From A Large Population Survey In Italy; Sara Mazzucchelli, & Miriam Parise Chapter 2. Social Inequality And Intergenerational Solidarity In European Welfare States; Ronny König, Bettina Isengard, & Marc Szydlik Chapter 3. The Influence Of Children On Inequality In Employment BetweenMen And Women: The Case Of Spain; Diego Dueñas Fernández, & Almudena Moreno Mínguez Chapter 4. Material Deprivation And Personal Wellbeing Of Single Mothers In Lithuania; Aušra Maslauskaitė, & Ernesta Platukytė Part II. Families’ Strategies Against Economic Hardships Chapter 5. Expectations And Reality Of Support Sharing Within PersonalNetworks In Economically Hard Time: The Case Of Lithuania; Vida Česnuitytė, & Eric D. Widmer Chapter 6. Deprivation And Transfers Between Three Generations: A RegionalAnalysis Across Europe; Christian Deindl, & Martina Brandt Chapter 7. Here To Stay? Intergenerational Spatial Proximity In Europe; Bettina Isengard, Ronny König, & Marc Szydlik Chapter 8. Below The Breadline: Families And Food In Austerity Britain; Rebecca O’Connell, Abigail Knight, & Julia Brannen Chapter 9. Mothering And Food Acquisition In Times Of Austerity: IndividualVersus Collaborative Responses In The UK And Italy; Benedetta Cappellini, Vicki Harman, Alessandra Marilli, & Elizabeth Parsons Conclusions: Lives Of Families In Face Of Economic Crisis In Europe; Gerardo Meil, & Vida Česnuitytė

Dr. Vida Česnuitytė is Associated Professor of the Sociology at Mykolas Romeris University. Over fifteen years in various positions participate in research projects. Main research interests concern family conceptualization, family practices, family quality life, social policy, and social research methods. Prof. Gerardo Meil is Professor at Atonomous University of Madrid, and President of the European Society on Family Relations. His research fields include family lives, balancing working and private lives, gender studies, domestic violence, new family forms, job mobility, social policies and family policies.

Sociologists offer novel knowledge on experiences and behavior strategies of European families during the decade after the global economic crisis at the beginning of the 21st century. Among their topics are social inequality and intergenerational solidarity in European welfare states, material deprivation and personal wellbeing of single mothers in Lithuania, deprivations and transfers between three generations: a regional analysis across Europe, below the breadline: families and food in austerity Britain, and lives of families in face of economic crisis in Europe. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution.

• Introduction; Vida Česnuitytė, & Gerardo Meil Part I. Economic Hardships Experienced By Families Chapter 1. What Are The Family Characteristics That Better Help To Cope With The Economic Crisis? Evidence From A Large Population Survey In Italy; Sara Mazzucchelli, & Miriam Parise Chapter 2. Social Inequality And Intergenerational Solidarity In European Welfare States; Ronny König, Bettina Isengard, & Marc Szydlik Chapter 3. The Influence Of Children On Inequality In Employment BetweenMen And Women: The Case Of Spain; Diego Dueñas Fernández, & Almudena Moreno Mínguez Chapter 4. Material Deprivation And Personal Wellbeing Of Single Mothers In Lithuania; Aušra Maslauskaitė, & Ernesta Platukytė Part II. Families’ Strategies Against Economic Hardships Chapter 5. Expectations And Reality Of Support Sharing Within PersonalNetworks In Economically Hard Time: The Case Of Lithuania; Vida Česnuitytė, & Eric D. Widmer Chapter 6. Deprivation And Transfers Between Three Generations: A RegionalAnalysis Across Europe; Christian Deindl, & Martina Brandt Chapter 7. Here To Stay? Intergenerational Spatial Proximity In Europe; Bettina Isengard, Ronny König, & Marc Szydlik Chapter 8. Below The Breadline: Families And Food In Austerity Britain; Rebecca O’Connell, Abigail Knight, & Julia Brannen Chapter 9. Mothering And Food Acquisition In Times Of Austerity: IndividualVersus Collaborative Responses In The UK And Italy; Benedetta Cappellini, Vicki Harman, Alessandra Marilli, & Elizabeth Parsons Conclusions: Lives Of Families In Face Of Economic Crisis In Europe; Gerardo Meil, & Vida Česnuitytė

Dr. Vida Česnuitytė is Associated Professor of the Sociology at Mykolas Romeris University. Over fifteen years in various positions participate in research projects. Main research interests concern family conceptualization, family practices, family quality life, social policy, and social research methods. Prof. Gerardo Meil is Professor at Atonomous University of Madrid, and President of the European Society on Family Relations. His research fields include family lives, balancing working and private lives, gender studies, domestic violence, new family forms, job mobility, social policies and family policies.

Sociologists offer novel knowledge on experiences and behavior strategies of European families during the decade after the global economic crisis at the beginning of the 21st century. Among their topics are social inequality and intergenerational solidarity in European welfare states, material deprivation and personal wellbeing of single mothers in Lithuania, deprivations and transfers between three generations: a regional analysis across Europe, below the breadline: families and food in austerity Britain, and lives of families in face of economic crisis in Europe. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution.

• Introduction; Vida Česnuitytė, & Gerardo Meil Part I. Economic Hardships Experienced By Families Chapter 1. What Are The Family Characteristics That Better Help To Cope With The Economic Crisis? Evidence From A Large Population Survey In Italy; Sara Mazzucchelli, & Miriam Parise Chapter 2. Social Inequality And Intergenerational Solidarity In European Welfare States; Ronny König, Bettina Isengard, & Marc Szydlik Chapter 3. The Influence Of Children On Inequality In Employment BetweenMen And Women: The Case Of Spain; Diego Dueñas Fernández, & Almudena Moreno Mínguez Chapter 4. Material Deprivation And Personal Wellbeing Of Single Mothers In Lithuania; Aušra Maslauskaitė, & Ernesta Platukytė Part II. Families’ Strategies Against Economic Hardships Chapter 5. Expectations And Reality Of Support Sharing Within PersonalNetworks In Economically Hard Time: The Case Of Lithuania; Vida Česnuitytė, & Eric D. Widmer Chapter 6. Deprivation And Transfers Between Three Generations: A RegionalAnalysis Across Europe; Christian Deindl, & Martina Brandt Chapter 7. Here To Stay? Intergenerational Spatial Proximity In Europe; Bettina Isengard, Ronny König, & Marc Szydlik Chapter 8. Below The Breadline: Families And Food In Austerity Britain; Rebecca O’Connell, Abigail Knight, & Julia Brannen Chapter 9. Mothering And Food Acquisition In Times Of Austerity: IndividualVersus Collaborative Responses In The UK And Italy; Benedetta Cappellini, Vicki Harman, Alessandra Marilli, & Elizabeth Parsons Conclusions: Lives Of Families In Face Of Economic Crisis In Europe; Gerardo Meil, & Vida Česnuitytė