Overview

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-economic transformations driving the emergence of new social risks and of the capacity of welfare policies.

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Author:   C. Ranci ,  T. Brandsen ,  S. Sabatinelli
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   5.121kg
ISBN:  

9781137346919

ISBN 10:   1137346914
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   25 March 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I: MACRO TRENDS 1. New Social Risks and the Role of Local Welfare: An Introduction; Costanzo Ranci, Taco Brandsen and Stefania Sabatinelli 2. Social Cohesion and Global Competitiveness: Clustering Cities; Marianna d'Ovidio and Costanzo Ranci PART II: Structural Mechanisms and Social Policy in Local Welfare Systems 3. Changing Labor Markets and the Place of Local Policies; Manuel Aguilar Hendrickson and Stefania Sabatinelli 4. Changing Family Needs and Local Childcare Policies; Laurent Fraisse and Anna Escobedo 5. Cities of Migration: the Challenges of Social Inclusion; Giuliana Costa and Benjamin Ewert 6. Urban Housing Systems in Times of Crisis; Giuliana Costa, Goiko Bežovan, Pietro Palvarini and Taco Brandsen PART III: VULNERABLE GROUPS: COPING WITH UNCERTAINTY 7. Young People Experiencing Work Precariousness: Risks and Opportunities; Lara Maestripieri and Stefania Sabatinelli 8. Lone Mothers: Care Arrangements Between Support and Isolation; Renata Siemie?ska and Ilona Matysiak 9. Vulnerable Migrants: Coping Strategies and Multiple Paths to Social Exclusion; Sandro Cattacin and Patricia Naegeli PART IV: CONCLUSION 10. Local Welfare Systems in Europe in the Age of Austerity; Costanzo Ranci, Taco Brandsen and Stefania Sabatinelli

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Manuel Aguilar, University of Barcelona, Spain Gojko Be ovan, University of Zagreb, Crotia Sandro Cattacin, University of Geneva, Switzerland Giuliana Costa, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy Marianna d'Ovidio, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy Anna Escobedo, University of Barcelona, Spain Benjamin Ewert, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany Laurent Fraisse, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire pour la Sociologie Economique, France Lara Maestripieri, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy Ilona Matysiak, University of Warsaw, Poland Patricia Naegeli, University of Geneva, Switzerland Pietro Palvarini, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy Renata Siemie?ska, University of Warsaw, Italy

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