Social Europe : living standards and welfare states / edited by Richard Berthoud and Maria Iacovou.
Contributor(s): Berthoud, Richard
| Iakōvou, Maria.
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BookPublisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2004Description: xv, 277 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1843766760 .Subject(s): Welfare state -- Europe | Europe -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1945-DDC classification: 301.094 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 301.094 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00187963 | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Social Europe analyses the diverse dynamics of the lives of people across Europe. It is the first quantitative analysis of its kind to make a systematic comparison of life chances across the fifteen countries of the EU. This wide perspective enables the researchers to illustrate how social policy regimes interact with personal resources and circumstances to affect people's well-being.
Assessing changes in individuals' lives over time, the study highlights variations in life-opportunities across the EU in the key domains of family, employment and income. The research is based on a new and powerful survey that has followed a large sample of families in each country over a period of years. This 'longitudinal' approach provides insights into the processes by which people acquire their social positions over time. The analysis identifies systematic differences between countries, and looks for explanations in terms of the welfare regime or other characteristics of the countries concerned. Thus the 'micro' dynamics of personal experience are related to 'macro' trends in institutions and policies, social norms and economic conditions.
Identifying the effects of country and of social policy regime on individual outcomes, Social Europe will provide new insights for social scientists, especially those involved in European comparative research, or whose interests lie in the fields of family, employment, income or social exclusion. The book will also appeal to those engaged in the analysis or formulation of social policy, whether at national or international level.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Richard Berthoud and Maria Iacovou -- Patterns of family living / Maria Iacovou -- Transitions to adulthood / Antonio Schizzerotto and Mario Lucchini -- Family effects on employment / C. Katharina Spiess, Maria Iacovou, Karen L. Robson and Wilfred Uunk -- Standard and non-standard employment: gender and modernisation in European labour markets / Lutz C. Kaiser -- Labour market mobility patterns / Ruud J. A. Muffels and Trudie Schils -- Unemployment and welfare regimes: measurement, search activity and income distribution / Mette C. Deding, Peder J. Pedersen and Torben D. Schmidt -- Income and patterns of inequality / Ruud J. A. Muffels, Joachim Frick and Wilfred Uunk -- The dynamics of income poverty / Richard Layte and Didier Fouarge -- Deprivation and social exclusion / Christopher T. Whelan, Richard Layte and Bertrand Maitre -- Conclusion: micro-dynamics and public regulation / Jonathan Gershuny.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of figures (p. vii)
- List of tables (p. x)
- Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
- List of contributors (p. xiv)
- Preface (p. xv)
- 1. Introduction (p. 1)
- 2. Patterns of family living (p. 21)
- 3. Transitions to adulthood (p. 46)
- 4. Family effects on employment (p. 69)
- 5. Standard and non-standard employment: gender and modernisation in European labour markets (p. 99)
- 6. Labour market mobility patterns (p. 120)
- 7. Unemployment and welfare regimes: measurement, search activity and income distribution (p. 146)
- 8. Income and patterns of inequality (p. 171)
- 9. The dynamics of income poverty (p. 202)
- 10. Deprivation and social exclusion (p. 225)
- 11. Conclusion: micro-dynamics and public regulation (p. 250)
- Appendix (p. 268)
- Index (p. 273)