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Biography and social exclusion in Europe : experiences and life journeys / edited by Prue Chamberlayne, Michael Rustin and Tom Wengraf with Roswitha Breckner ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Chamberlayne, Prue | Rustin, Michael | Wengraf, Tom.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2002Description: x, 339 p. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1861343108 (hbk); 1861343094 (pbk).Subject(s): Marginality, Social -- European Union countries -- Case studies | Social control -- European Union countries | Social sciences -- Biographical methods | European Union countries -- Social policyDDC classification: 305.56094
Contents:
Introduction: from biography to social policy / Michael Rustin and Prue Chamberlayne -- Suffering the fall of the Berlin wall: blocked journeys in Spain and Germany / William Hungerbuhler, Elisabet Tejero and Laura Tarrabadella -- Guilty victims: social exclusion in contemporary France / Numa Murard -- Premodernity and postmodernity in southern Italy / Antonella Spano -- A tale of class difference in contemporary Britain / Michael Rustin -- The shortest way out of work / Numa Murard -- Male journeys into uncertainty / Elisabeth Iooannidi-Kapalou and Elizabeth Mestheneos -- Love and emancipation / Birgitta Thorsell -- Female identities in late modernity / Antonella Spano -- Gender and family in the development of Greek state and society / Elizabeth Mestheneos and Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou -- Corporatist structures and cultural diversity in Sweden / Martin Peterson -- 'Migrants': a target-category for social policy? Experiences of first-generation migration / Roswitha Breckner -- Second-generation transcultural lives / Prue Chamberlayne -- Biographical work and agency innovation: relationships, reflexivity and theory-in-use / Tom Wengraf -- Conclusions: social transitions and biographical work / Prue Chamberlayne.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on 250 life-story interviews in seven European Union countries, Biography and social exclusion in Europe:analyses personal struggles against social exclusion to illuminate local milieus and changing welfare regimes and contexts;points to challenging new agendas for European politics and welfare, beyond the rhetoric of communitarianism and the New Deal;vividly illustrates the lived experience and environmental complexity working for and against structural processes of social exclusion;refashions the interpretive tradition as a teaching and research tool linking macro and micro realities.·[vbTab]·[vbTab]·[vbTab]Students, academic teachers and professional trainers, practitioners, politicians, policy makers and researchers in applied and comparative welfare fields will all benefit from reading this book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: from biography to social policy / Michael Rustin and Prue Chamberlayne -- Suffering the fall of the Berlin wall: blocked journeys in Spain and Germany / William Hungerbuhler, Elisabet Tejero and Laura Tarrabadella -- Guilty victims: social exclusion in contemporary France / Numa Murard -- Premodernity and postmodernity in southern Italy / Antonella Spano -- A tale of class difference in contemporary Britain / Michael Rustin -- The shortest way out of work / Numa Murard -- Male journeys into uncertainty / Elisabeth Iooannidi-Kapalou and Elizabeth Mestheneos -- Love and emancipation / Birgitta Thorsell -- Female identities in late modernity / Antonella Spano -- Gender and family in the development of Greek state and society / Elizabeth Mestheneos and Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou -- Corporatist structures and cultural diversity in Sweden / Martin Peterson -- 'Migrants': a target-category for social policy? Experiences of first-generation migration / Roswitha Breckner -- Second-generation transcultural lives / Prue Chamberlayne -- Biographical work and agency innovation: relationships, reflexivity and theory-in-use / Tom Wengraf -- Conclusions: social transitions and biographical work / Prue Chamberlayne.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction: from biography to social policy
  • Suffering the fall of the Berlin wall: blocked journeys in Spain and Germany
  • Guilty victims: social exclusion in contemporary France
  • Premodernity and postmodernity in Southern Italy
  • A tale of class differences in contemporary Britain
  • The shortest way out of work
  • Male journeys into uncertainty
  • Love and emancipation
  • Female identities in late modernity
  • Gender and family in the development of Greek state and society
  • Corporatist structure and cultural diversity in Sweden
  • 'Migrants': a target-category for social policy? Experiences of first-generation migration
  • Second-generation transcultural lives
  • Biographical work and agency innovation: relationships, reflexivity and theory-in-use
  • Conclusions: social transitions and biographical work

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Prue Chamberlayne is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University
Tom Wengraf is Visiting Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Research Methods at Middlesex University
Michael Rustin is Professor of Sociology at the University of East London, and a Visiting Professor at the Tavistock Clinic