Ranci Social Vulnerability in Europe

The New Configuration of Social Risks
2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-24577-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 299 Seiten, eBook

This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are compromising the 'normal' functioning of the European population.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ranci, Costanzo

Ranci, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Preface Acknowledgments PART I: CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY Social Vulnerability in Europe; C.Ranci Bringing Territory Back in Social Comparative Research;  C.Ranci PART II: ASPECTS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY Beyond the Male Breadwinner Family Model;  E.Pavolini  & C.Ranci Income Vulnerability in Europe;  S.Curatolo  & G.Wolleb Unstable Employment in Western Europe: Exploring the Individual and Household Dimensions;  I. Fellini  & M.Migliavacca Housing Deprivation and Vulnerability in Western Europe;  P.Palvarini  & E.Pavolini Disability and Caregiving: A Step Towards Social Vulnerability?;  G.Costa  & C.Ranci PART III: MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS The Vulnerability of Young Adults on Leaving the Parental Home;  G.A.Micheli& A.Rosina Social Vulnerability: A Multidimensional Analysis;  C.Ranci  & M.Migliavacca Explaining Social Vulnerability;  C.Ranci, B.Fiore  &  E.Pavolini General Conclusion; C.Ranci References Notes

Über Autor(innen)

GIULIANA COSTA is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
SALVATORE CURATOLO is Assistant Professor in Applied Economics at the University of Parma, Italy
IVANA FELLINI is Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
BRUNELLA FIORE is Research Fellow at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
GIUSEPPE A. MICHELI is Professor of Demography at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
MAURO MIGLIAVACCA teaches and researches at the Catholic University of Milan, at the Polytechnic of Milan and at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy
PIETRO PALVARINI is Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Local European Studies (URBEUR) at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
EMMANUELE PAVOLINI is Professor in Economic Sociology and Social Policy at University of Macerata, Italy
COSTANZO RANCI is Professor in Economic Sociology and Director of the Social Policy Research Laboratory at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
ALESSANDRO ROSINA is Associate Professor in Demography at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy
GUGLIELMO WOLLEB is Professor of Economics at the University of Parma, Italy