The Handbook examines contemporary trends and issues in the formation of families over the different stages of the life cycle and how they interact with family-oriented social policies of modern welfare states, mainly in the OECD countries of Western...Lasīt vairāk
This refreshing volume provides a theoretical framework for a comprehensive cross-national analysis of the degree and forms of labour market integration of women in three European countries - Finland, West Germany and the Netherlands - from the 1950s...Lasīt vairāk
Informal work family care, voluntary work, and undeclared or unregulated work is a critical form of labor in todays economy, yet remains underanalyzed and examined. This volume develops a comprehensive conceptual framework of informal work an...Lasīt vairāk
Das Buch befasst sich theoretisch und auf der Grundlage empirischer Analysen mit der Frage, auf welche Art und Weise in den Gegenwartsgesellschaften die Trennungslinie zwischen Gesellschaft und Tier konstruiert wird, inwieweit es Erosionstendenzen gi...Lasīt vairāk
Sociologists present the results of a research project financed by an agency of the European Union to analyze how the inter-relationship between formal and informal work has changed, and how such changes have influenced social integration in various...Lasīt vairāk
How western European states developed comprehensive support systems for individuals and families is fairly straightforward. How the ideologies of liberalism, conservatism and socialism competed and collaborated to create the welfare state is not. In...Lasīt vairāk
From an interdisciplinary comparative perspective, Andersen (political sociology, Aalborg U., Denmark) leads a tour of European welfare states coping with the challenges of regional integration, globalization, and internal socioeconomic changes. The...Lasīt vairāk
There have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this book develops a critical analysis of policy change and welfare reform in Europe....Lasīt vairāk
Part of an intergovernmental program funded by the European Union and the European Science Foundation, this book offers both theoretical reflection on how to analyze the formalization of care work and changes in informal care work, as well as empiric...Lasīt vairāk
In light of the increase in womens participation in the labor force in Western European societies over the past few decades, Pfau-Effinger (sociology, U. of Hamburg, Germany) explores the extent to which values and models that people use as orientat...Lasīt vairāk
In diesem Band untersuchen SozialwissenschaftlerInnen aus Westeuropa und den USA, was Strukturveränderungen in der Erwerbsarbeit, Grenzverschiebungen zwischen bezahlter und unbezahlter Arbeit und Arbeitsmarktreformen für das Verhältnis und die sozia...Lasīt vairāk
Providing a comprehensive analysis of comparative gender difference in the EU, this book addresses a spectrum of gender issues. From employment and households, to culture, sexuality and male violence, the book transcends any economy/culture divide....Lasīt vairāk
