Work and Welfare in Europe - Böcker

This book analyzes national anti-poverty measures at a local level via a set of unique and up-to-date empirical studies of minimum income support schemes and activation measures in five European cities.

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During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms¿to the way that¿income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine Europe...

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Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life,¿examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time...

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This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts.¿It argues that¿the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western Europe...

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Increasingly flexible labour markets and reforms of old-age pension systems are still ranking high on the political agenda of European countries. This volume investigates whether, and to what extent, the interplay between pension reforms and the s...

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Offering a comparative perspective, this¿book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a ...

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This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly.¿It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating n...

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This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countri...

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This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings. It explores the political mechanisms through which the EU plays a role in domestic social policy changes.

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This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or without children, exploring questions such as what does it mean to be a young adult in Europe today ...

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This volume addresses the relationship between childbearing, paid work and work-life balance policies across Europe in the 21st century, illuminating the uncertainty and risk related to insecure labour force attachment, the incoherence of women's ...

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The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: do existing minimum income protection schemes succeed in adequately protecting citizens, be it whethe...

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This book aims to tackle the issues that are central to understanding and addressing one of the most important employment policy problems facing governments in the UK and beyond: the high number of people of working age claiming 'disability' or 'i...

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This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficie...

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This book provides a Europe-wide comparative analysis of the role of civil society organizations active in the field of unemployment and precarity. It illustrates how crucial civil society organizations are for the inclusion of the young unemploye...

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Based on the findings of a large-scale, comparative research project, this volume systematically assesses the institutional design and national influence of the Open Method of Coordination in Social Inclusion and Social Protection (pensions and he...

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Postwar employment standards are being undermined and 'non-standard' employment is becoming more common. While scholars have pointed to negative consequences of this development, this volume also discusses the evidence for a new and socially inclu...

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This book combines the two most important typologies of capitalist diversity; Esping-Andersen's welfare regime typology and Hall and Soskice's 'Varieties of Capitalism' typology, into a unified typology of capitalist diversity. The author shows em...

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What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis? Focussing on 20 European urban contexts, this book provides an empirical analysis of the socio-economi...

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This edited collection provides the first in-depth analysis of social policies and the risks faced by young people. The book explores the effects of both the economic crisis and austerity policies on the lives of young Europeans, examining both th...

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Insecure temporary employment is growing in Europe, but we know little about how being in such jobs affects political preferences and behaviour. Combining insights from psychology, political science and labour market research, this book offers new...

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This edited volume assesses from a variety of perspectives the policies introduced to support the development of household services across Europe. It highlights the impact of these costly policies on the creation of low quality jobs and on labour ...

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This book offers a much-needed analysis of how the European Union (EU) has affected welfare state reforms in the Member States most severely hit by the 2008 economic crisis.

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During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms¿to the way that¿income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine Europe...

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Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life,¿examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time...

Läs mer »

This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts.¿It argues that¿the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western Europe...

Läs mer »

Increasingly flexible labour markets and reforms of old-age pension systems are still ranking high on the political agenda of European countries.

Läs mer »

Offering a comparative perspective, this¿book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a ...

Läs mer »

This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly.¿It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating n...

Läs mer »

This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countri...

Läs mer »